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Mount Pisgah

Mount Pisgah, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Pisgah rises to 563 m in Virginia. Big House Mountain stands 1,111 m to the north-northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Reidland, a peak 0.6 miles away. Highlands Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49054086, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
563 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.72041, -79.63532

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 44
  • Longdale Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
  • Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Woods Creek Park: 10.8 mi
  • Morgan Park: 10.9 mi
  • Woods Creek Park: 11.0 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Eagle Rock Lime Kilns: 10.7 mi
  • Callie Furnace: 11.0 mi
  • Glenwood Furnace: 11.1 mi
  • Liberty Hall Ruins: 11.3 mi
  • Washington And Lee University: 11.5 mi
Springs: 9
  • Sulphur Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Bubbling Springs: 14.3 mi
  • Hunting Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Marble Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Sand Springs: 16.9 mi
Museums: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • Lace Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Apple Orchard Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Stony Run Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Blue Suck Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Falling Water Cascades: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 7
Nature reserves: 6
Attractions: 6
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Cliffs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Research and Demonstration Garden: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Mount Pisgah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big House MountainNNE 28°1,111 m8.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 217°1,106 m5.4 mi
Brushy MountainN 358°1,088 m10.5 mi
Gully MountainSSW 209°1,064 m5.6 mi
North MountainNW 307°1,059 m2.9 mi
Ad Cox KnobWNW 298°1,055 m2.9 mi
Orebank MountainSSW 205°1,051 m5.7 mi
Little House MountainNNE 33°1,032 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5820:0520:44
September equinox07:0718:4319:17
December solstice07:3116:2317:04

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744546371757467564537
Precip in3.12.83.53.74.14.84.13.33.73.13.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356586906

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