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Little Mountain

Little Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Mountain rises to 1,013 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the east-southeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Grosses Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in Washington County, Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49045280, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1013 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.69317, -81.66428

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 25
  • Laurel Creek Park: 8.0 mi
  • Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
  • Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 14.0 mi
  • The Meadows Sports Complex: 16.7 mi
  • Landon Boyd Park: 16.8 mi
Museums: 8
Historic sites: 7
  • AT2020: 7.7 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 7.7 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 8.2 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 11.5 mi
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Straight Branch Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 17.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Brig Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Cave Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.7 mi
Attractions: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Trials Playground: 19.6 mi
  • Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
  • Potters Truck Stop: 23.0 mi
  • Elk Knob Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Newman Basket Company: 8.0 mi
  • Wooly: 14.0 mi
  • Heartwood: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RogersESE 109°1,744 m7.0 mi
Wilburn RidgeESE 109°1,689 m8.6 mi
Whitetop MountainSE 139°1,684 m5.0 mi
Pine MountainESE 107°1,684 m8.3 mi
Buzzard RockSSE 147°1,553 m4.8 mi
Little PinnacleESE 117°1,551 m9.9 mi
Grave MountainE 87°1,540 m5.7 mi
Haw Orchard MountainESE 117°1,526 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:0920:1120:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3616:3517:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536270737267554437
Precip in3.83.84.34.34.34.45.14.53.53.03.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495848 — Little Mountain, Washington County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356583672

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