Little Mountain
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
- 1,013 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 21.6 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Grosses Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Raffety Knob: 1.5 mi
- Big Knob: 1.8 mi
- Straight Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Hawthorne Knob: 2.9 mi
- 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
- Smyth County Museum: 12.6 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 14.0 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 17.4 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 17.4 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 17.6 mi
- 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
- Another Way (ShortCut): 7.7 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 8.2 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 16.8 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 17.2 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 24.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 14.5 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 15.7 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 20.9 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 21.1 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 24.4 mi
- Brig Spring: 6.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 7.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 8.8 mi
- Big Spring: 19.7 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 7.9 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 8.1 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 9.6 mi
- Listening Rock: 10.1 mi
- 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
- Newman Basket Company: 8.0 mi
- Wooly: 14.0 mi
- Heartwood: 18.8 mi
- Backbone Rock: 10.8 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 18.6 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | ESE 109° | 1,744 m | 7.0 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | ESE 109° | 1,689 m | 8.6 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SE 139° | 1,684 m | 5.0 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,684 m | 8.3 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SSE 147° | 1,553 m | 4.8 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | ESE 117° | 1,551 m | 9.9 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,526 m | 9.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,513 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
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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