Little Mountain
Little Mountain rises to 487 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Clower Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4769998.
Wikidata Q49045252, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 487 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 9 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 11 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 11 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clower Knob: 0.7 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.7 mi
- Murray Knob: 4.4 mi
- Flint Hill: 4.6 mi
- Grassy Hill: 4.8 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Park -: 6.1 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Park\: 6.1 mi
- Veterans Park: 7.1 mi
- Lynch Park: 7.1 mi
- Waid Recreation Park: 8.3 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 12.9 mi
- Rorer Hall: 13.0 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 13.0 mi
- Caboose: 2.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 12.8 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 12.9 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 13.0 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 13.1 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Explore Park: 11.2 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 13.0 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 17.2 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 20.7 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 12.4 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 12.8 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 12.9 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 13.1 mi
- The Solar Wind: 16.6 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 4.7 mi
- Roanoke Star: 11.5 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 13.1 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 13.1 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 18.6 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 11.6 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Beale Garden: 18.6 mi
- Calico Rock: 18.7 mi
- Cracker Point: 20.2 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 23.8 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 24.8 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 15.0 mi
- Camp Creek: 15.0 mi
- White Falls: 21.5 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 18.7 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Howrytown: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,141 m | 15.3 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,083 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bent Mountain | WNW 292° | 975 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | WNW 292° | 972 m | 11.5 mi |
| Masons Knob | NW 313° | 961 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | WNW 303° | 935 m | 10.9 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | WSW 240° | 801 m | 13.8 mi |
| Twelve O'clock Knob | NW 320° | 792 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rocky MT, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356562984
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 13 mi
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