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Little Mountain

Little Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Mountain rises to 383 m in Virginia. Cooks Knob stands 653 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 25 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Franklin County, Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49045250, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
383 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.82903, -79.71698

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hidden lake Park: 3.2 mi
  • Beaver Creek Reservoir Park: 10.2 mi
  • Franklin County Recreation Park: 10.5 mi
  • Jack Dalton Park: 11.4 mi
  • Hooker Baseball Park: 11.9 mi
Peaks: 57
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 10
Gardens: 6
  • Brush: 12.5 mi
  • Chatham Hall Arboretum: 18.1 mi
  • Curtis' Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Saponi Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Rain Garden: 24.0 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Attractions: 2
  • Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 21.5 mi
  • Family Fun Zone: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • White Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Fall Creek Falls: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Union St. Overlook Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
  • Main St. Plaza Pergula: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cooks KnobWNW 298°653 m17.1 mi
Fork MountainWNW 283°593 m7.0 mi
Smith MountainNNE 33°590 m15.3 mi
Hogpen MountainWSW 255°560 m23.1 mi
Brown HillW 281°556 m17.3 mi
Graveyard KnobNW 307°551 m20.3 mi
Coles KnobNW 310°550 m19.2 mi
Beech MountainWNW 291°539 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5719:31
June solstice06:0120:0320:42
September equinox07:0718:4319:17
December solstice07:2916:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946566472767468574639
Precip in3.83.04.13.64.54.44.04.25.13.63.33.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsville Fltr PLT, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356583675

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