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Mine Mountain

Mine Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Mine Mountain rises to 794 m in Virginia. Cow Knob stands 1,231 m to the southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49050437, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
794 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80011, -78.98947

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Bergton Fairgrounds: 2.5 mi
  • Mathias Community Center: 8.4 mi
  • Dam Site Seven Park: 10.1 mi
  • Fulks Run Ruritan Park: 11.0 mi
  • Welton Park: 14.8 mi
Springs: 14
  • Shenandoah Alum Springs: 10.6 mi
  • Sand Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Hall Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Stranderman Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Cold Spring: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
Museums: 11
Artworks: 8
Attractions: 5
Historic sites: 5
Nature reserves: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Old grape garden: 19.3 mi
  • Heishman Garden: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Mine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cow KnobSW 216°1,231 m9.3 mi
Fulk MountainSSW 204°1,056 m10.1 mi
Black Lick MountainSSW 210°1,040 m9.3 mi
Rader KnobSSW 211°1,019 m7.6 mi
Beech Lick KnobSSW 192°1,000 m6.3 mi
White Grass KnobS 190°988 m5.4 mi
Spring MountainW 278°951 m9.4 mi
Carr MountainSSW 195°938 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5220:0520:45
September equinox07:0418:4019:15
December solstice07:3116:1616:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239515967716963524234

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost RVR, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493298 — Mine Mountain, Rockingham County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356581990

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