Lost Mountain
Lost Mountain rises to 1,095 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the east-northeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel 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 Q49046942, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,095 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 18.5 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 25.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 27.9 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Jefferson View · 28 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 28 mi
- Lewis Fork Overlook · 29 mi
- Grandview Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Locust Ridge: 1.3 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.5 mi
- McQueen Knob: 1.8 mi
- Beech Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 6.9 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 8.9 mi
- Ralph Stout Park: 13.7 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 16.8 mi
- The Meadows Sports Complex: 17.3 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 14.3 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 15.6 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 17.4 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 17.5 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 18.0 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 2.9 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 4.7 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 13.9 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 6.3 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 7.1 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 13.7 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 17.8 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 21.9 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.6 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 19.3 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 23.4 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 25.0 mi
- Brig Spring: 3.2 mi
- Cave Spring: 4.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 5.6 mi
- Big Spring: 22.9 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 6.7 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 7.1 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 8.6 mi
- Listening Rock: 8.8 mi
- Trials Playground: 16.6 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 20.0 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 6.9 mi
- Wooly: 17.5 mi
- Heartwood: 19.2 mi
- Backbone Rock: 9.0 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 18.9 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 15.8 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 19.1 mi
- Elk Shoals: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Lost Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | ENE 78° | 1,744 m | 6.8 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | E 84° | 1,689 m | 8.2 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | E 92° | 1,684 m | 3.3 mi |
| Pine Mountain | E 82° | 1,684 m | 8.0 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | E 98° | 1,553 m | 2.7 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | E 96° | 1,551 m | 8.9 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | E 95° | 1,526 m | 8.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | E 98° | 1,513 m | 2.1 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 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356573041
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- Bristol · 29 mi
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