Mill Mountain
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
- 0.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 18.4 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 20.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 27.9 mi off the New River Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Staley Knob: 2.3 mi
- Pond Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Mollys Knob: 4.8 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 6.7 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 13.9 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 17.2 mi
- Dark Hollow Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 20.0 mi
- Big Spring: 7.5 mi
- Sharon Springs: 18.6 mi
- Brig Spring: 20.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 21.8 mi
- Boiling Spring: 22.6 mi
- 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
- Big Pinnacle: 13.7 mi
- Listening Rock: 14.5 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 22.2 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 22.4 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 3.1 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 17.0 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 21.2 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 20.3 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 22.1 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 22.5 mi
- Raven Cliff: 22.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 23.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 24.5 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 15.5 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 18.2 mi
- Wooly: 17.0 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 22.3 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Mill Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grave Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,540 m | 10.4 mi |
| Stone Mountain | S 184° | 1,503 m | 10.7 mi |
| Third Peak | S 181° | 1,502 m | 10.7 mi |
| Second Peak | S 179° | 1,476 m | 11.0 mi |
| Double Top | SW 215° | 1,382 m | 10.3 mi |
| Iron Mountain | SE 126° | 1,359 m | 9.1 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,355 m | 9.2 mi |
| Flat Top | SSW 208° | 1,341 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:33 | 17:14 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
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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