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Mill Mountain

Mill Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Mill Mountain rises to 814 m in Virginia. Grave Mountain stands 1,540 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49050189, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
814 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.82539, -81.46345

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 10
Nature reserves: 6
Springs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 4
Historic sites: 4
Museums: 3
  • Smyth County Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 17.0 mi
  • Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Wooly: 17.0 mi
  • Newman Basket Company: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Big Walker Lookout: 20.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Mill Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grave MountainSSW 212°1,540 m10.4 mi
Stone MountainS 184°1,503 m10.7 mi
Third PeakS 181°1,502 m10.7 mi
Second PeakS 179°1,476 m11.0 mi
Double TopSW 215°1,382 m10.3 mi
Iron MountainSE 126°1,359 m9.1 mi
Hurricane MountainSSW 205°1,355 m9.2 mi
Flat TopSSW 208°1,341 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0419:38
June solstice06:0820:1020:49
September equinox07:1418:5019:24
December solstice07:3616:3317:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536270737267554437
Precip in3.83.84.34.34.34.45.14.53.53.03.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493290 — Mill Mountain, Smyth County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356581984

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