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Lost Mountain

Lost Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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
1095 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.64040, -81.66400

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 27
Historic sites: 8
  • AT2020: 6.3 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 6.3 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 7.1 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 10.1 mi
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 13.7 mi
Museums: 8
  • 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
Waterfalls: 7
  • 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
Springs: 4
  • Brig Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Cave Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • 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
Artworks: 3
  • Newman Basket Company: 6.9 mi
  • Wooly: 17.5 mi
  • Heartwood: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Lost Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RogersENE 78°1,744 m6.8 mi
Wilburn RidgeE 84°1,689 m8.2 mi
Whitetop MountainE 92°1,684 m3.3 mi
Pine MountainE 82°1,684 m8.0 mi
Buzzard RockE 98°1,553 m2.7 mi
Little PinnacleE 96°1,551 m8.9 mi
Grave MountainNE 55°1,540 m6.9 mi
Haw Orchard MountainE 95°1,526 m8.6 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 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536168717065554538
Precip in3.73.44.14.35.14.55.04.23.32.82.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356573041

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