Middle Mountain
Middle Mountain rises to 961 m in Virginia. Arnolds Knob stands 1,186 m to the southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Hanging Rock, a peak 1.4 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Craig County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49049977, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 961 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 15.2 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 24.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 27 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 27 mi
- Montvale Overlook · 28 mi
- Harveys Knob Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lynnside Historic District: 3.8 mi
- Field of Dreams: 8.8 mi
- National Childrens Forest: 10.0 mi
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Lynch Field Park: 15.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 1.4 mi
- Potts Arm: 3.5 mi
- Moss Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Toms Knob: 5.1 mi
- Wolf Hills: 5.7 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 6.2 mi
- Craig Creek Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 16.0 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 17.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 6.3 mi
- Piney Point: 9.1 mi
- High Point: 9.4 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 15.1 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 3.8 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 14.6 mi
- Roaring Run Furnace: 20.1 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 21.6 mi
- The Rock: 21.6 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 2.4 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 13.9 mi
- The Bunker: 15.4 mi
- Organ Cave: 15.4 mi
- Keffer Oak: 17.7 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 7.8 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 14.4 mi
- Alleghany Historical Society: 19.3 mi
- Botetourt County Historical Society & Museum, Inc: 19.5 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 19.7 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 3.8 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 3.9 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 4.7 mi
- Big Spring: 7.7 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 7.8 mi
- Jerry's Run Safety Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 23.5 mi
- Whitcomb: 18.0 mi
- Brink: 19.9 mi
- Howrytown: 20.5 mi
- Alum Springs: 21.5 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 2.4 mi
- The Rock: 21.3 mi
- The Solar Wind: 21.3 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 6.2 mi
- Middle Cascades: 6.5 mi
- Dunlap Beach: 17.9 mi
- Beale Garden: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Middle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnolds Knob | SW 230° | 1,186 m | 8.9 mi |
| Moteshard Mountain | SW 232° | 1,136 m | 10.2 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | S 174° | 1,117 m | 9.6 mi |
| Chimney Rock | S 178° | 1,108 m | 9.9 mi |
| Hanging Rock | SE 128° | 1,102 m | 1.4 mi |
| Earn Knob | SSE 167° | 1,097 m | 9.5 mi |
| Nicholls Knob | ENE 60° | 1,084 m | 12.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,074 m | 10.4 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 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:26 | 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 | 60 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — White Sulphur Springs, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1485375 — Middle Mountain, Craig County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356573264
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- Roanoke · 26 mi
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