Lost Mountain
Lost Mountain rises to 660 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 1.8 miles off. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49046941, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 660 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 10 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 11 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Poor Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Hemppatch Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Twelve O'clock Knob: 3.7 mi
- Bent Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Bull Run Knob: 3.9 mi
- Wayside Park: 4.3 mi
- Mowles Spring Park: 5.1 mi
- Otter Park: 5.4 mi
- Salemm Dog Park: 5.8 mi
- Ted Webber Park: 6.3 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Agatha Strother Lewis | Col. Elijah McClanahan: 9.7 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Salem Museum: 7.4 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 10.6 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 11.0 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 11.0 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 11.1 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 3.2 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Carvins Cove: 14.7 mi
- The Solar Wind: 7.3 mi
- The Rock: 7.4 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 8.4 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 9.5 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 10.6 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 4.6 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 10.7 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 10.8 mi
- Roanoke Star: 10.8 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 15.9 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 10.3 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Beale Garden: 14.3 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 15.0 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 11.2 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- Cracker Point: 21.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.3 mi
- Calico Rock: 23.5 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 6.3 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 23.4 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 24.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 6.9 mi
- Camp Creek: 6.9 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 19.4 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 23.9 mi
- Howrytown: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Lost Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,141 m | 1.8 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SE 136° | 1,083 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bruisers Knob | NW 310° | 1,045 m | 16.1 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | NNW 343° | 998 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SSE 168° | 975 m | 3.9 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NNE 19° | 974 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | SSE 168° | 972 m | 3.9 mi |
| Masons Knob | ESE 112° | 961 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Hill, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581964
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 11 mi
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