Middle Piece Mountain
Middle Piece Mountain rises to 606 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the east, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Shawsville Historic District, a park 1.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49050017, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 606 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.8 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 13 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 14 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 18 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shawsville Historic District: 1.3 mi
- Creed Fields Park: 1.4 mi
- Wayside Park: 4.3 mi
- John Lemley Park: 4.8 mi
- Piedmont Camp Meeting Grounds Historic District: 6.2 mi
- Mill Knob: 2.4 mi
- Dee Cee Hill: 3.1 mi
- Den Hill: 3.9 mi
- Hightop Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Pond Hill: 4.4 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 7.6 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 8.6 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 8.7 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 9.1 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 9.4 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 7.4 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 8.7 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 8.9 mi
- Modern Art: 12.5 mi
- Modern Art: 12.5 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 11.1 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 11.3 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 6.9 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 8.8 mi
- Keffer Oak: 12.9 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 13.9 mi
- One Clear View: 18.6 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 13.2 mi
- Bear Cliff: 18.3 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 18.4 mi
- Cracker Point: 19.9 mi
- Barney's Wall: 21.7 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 7.2 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 9.0 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 15.9 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 18.4 mi
- Camp Creek: 6.7 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 6.7 mi
- Cascades: 21.2 mi
- White Falls: 24.8 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 4.4 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 15.4 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 15.7 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 18.2 mi
- Spring Well #25: 14.2 mi
- Water Front: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Middle Piece Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | E 82° | 1,141 m | 6.4 mi |
| Kelly Knob | NW 321° | 1,141 m | 15.2 mi |
| Chimney Rock | N 9° | 1,108 m | 17.4 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,083 m | 14.6 mi |
| Bruisers Knob | NNW 340° | 1,045 m | 12.4 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | NE 34° | 998 m | 10.4 mi |
| Bent Mountain | ESE 106° | 975 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | ESE 106° | 972 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495938 — Middle Piece Mountain, Montgomery County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583707
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- Roanoke · 19 mi
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