Paint Rock
Paint Rock rises to 1,040 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Rock, a peak 0.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49059407, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,040 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 17.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 26.9 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 27.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Rock: 0.2 mi
- Claypool Hill: 2.7 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Smith Ridge: 3.0 mi
- Arkansas Hill: 5.0 mi
- Overlook Park: 3.6 mi
- Williams Park: 5.4 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 11.9 mi
- Cavitt's Creek Park: 14.1 mi
- Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area: 14.8 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 11.8 mi
- Bartley Mine Disaster: 20.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 21.8 mi
- Dedicated To All The Veterans of Russell County: 21.8 mi
- In Remembrance to the Veterans of Russel County S. Hughes Melton Medical Doctor: 22.0 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 8.8 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 11.5 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 18.6 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 19.3 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 23.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 19.2 mi
- Pinnacle: 19.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.2 mi
- Big Spring: 15.5 mi
- Sharon Springs: 24.2 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 9.4 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 11.7 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 18.2 mi
- Wooly: 11.6 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 22.4 mi
- Hix: 13.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Paint Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | SW 231° | 1,429 m | 12.8 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,379 m | 7.8 mi |
| Morris Knob | E 86° | 1,358 m | 5.5 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,345 m | 9.8 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SSW 211° | 1,323 m | 6.9 mi |
| Peak 4300 | SW 230° | 1,311 m | 10.7 mi |
| Knob Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,270 m | 7.4 mi |
| Clinch Mountain | E 93° | 1,265 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:34 | 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 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richlands, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1497700 — Paint Rock, Tazewell County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356585118
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