Locust Thicket Mountain
Locust Thicket Mountain rises to 938 m in Virginia. Buffalo Mountain stands 1,210 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Waterfront, a beach 1.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49045859, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 938 m
How to reach it
- 17.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.5 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- The Saddle Overlook · 19 mi
- Rock Castle Gorge · 19 mi
- Pilot Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
- Granite Quarry Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Knoll Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Chimney Rock: 1.8 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Macks Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Bullard Knob: 2.3 mi
- Onion Ring: 4.1 mi
- Marshall Park: 6.8 mi
- Pulaski Bike Park: 8.1 mi
- Newbern Historic District: 8.4 mi
- Pulaski Wayside Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Montgomery County War Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Montgomery County Bicentennial: 17.4 mi
- Montgomery County Confederate Monument: 17.4 mi
- African American Memory & Storyboard: 17.4 mi
- Carroll County Historical Society and Museum: 14.3 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 17.5 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 18.0 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 18.4 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 21.3 mi
- Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Chestnut Creek Wetlands State Natural Area Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Reed Island Creek (private Nature Conservancy): 20.2 mi
- Crooked Creek: 20.9 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 23.9 mi
- DAK Lights: 9.7 mi
- Modern Art: 19.4 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 20.5 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 21.8 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 22.1 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 9.0 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 9.0 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 13.5 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 21.6 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 22.2 mi
- High Point: 20.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 23.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 24.7 mi
- Cracker Point: 24.8 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 17.4 mi
- One Clear View: 18.3 mi
- New River Outdoor Adventures: 24.2 mi
- Waterfront: 1.3 mi
- Water Front: 4.2 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 21.3 mi
- Chestnut Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 11.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Locust Thicket Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Mountain | SE 141° | 1,210 m | 14.4 mi |
| Hog Mountain | SE 132° | 1,087 m | 17.5 mi |
| Jones Mountain | SE 128° | 1,081 m | 17.5 mi |
| Slate Mountain | SE 135° | 1,059 m | 17.8 mi |
| Dead Pine Mountain | SW 228° | 1,048 m | 3.0 mi |
| Indian Ridge | SE 133° | 1,037 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bear Knob | SSW 201° | 1,032 m | 3.4 mi |
| Macks Mountain | S 187° | 1,027 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:30 | 17:10 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pulaski 2 E, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495860 — Locust Thicket Mountain, Pulaski County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583683
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