Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 878 m in Virginia. Buckhorn Knob stands 1,239 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in Wythe County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49061998, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 878 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 21.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 22.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 24.1 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 16 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cove Mountain: 1.7 mi
- High Rock: 3.8 mi
- Little Brush Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Ramsay Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Carter Wayside park: 7.9 mi
- Pulaski Historic Residential District: 8.2 mi
- Jackson Park: 8.3 mi
- Sixth Street Park: 8.3 mi
- Dora Highway Park: 8.5 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 21.2 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 22.8 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 22.8 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 23.0 mi
- Carroll County Historical Society and Museum: 23.1 mi
- This Way: 11.7 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 21.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.9 mi
- Stone Arch: 23.0 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 12.1 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 12.2 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 21.6 mi
- City Garden: 22.9 mi
- High Point: 13.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 16.6 mi
- Raven Cliff: 17.6 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 16.5 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 21.8 mi
- Carroll County Recreation Department Picnic Shelter: 23.7 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 8.6 mi
- Chestnut Creek Falls: 24.1 mi
- DAK Lights: 12.9 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 22.9 mi
- Waterfront: 16.2 mi
- Water Front: 20.0 mi
- Sharon Springs: 19.3 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 22.5 mi
- New River Outdoor Adventures: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn Knob | N 350° | 1,239 m | 16.1 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,238 m | 13.4 mi |
| Walker Mountain | W 268° | 1,224 m | 9.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,202 m | 15.9 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,179 m | 12.7 mi |
| Jesses Knob | N 351° | 1,164 m | 16.7 mi |
| High Rock | NW 325° | 1,153 m | 3.8 mi |
| Griffith Knob | WSW 255° | 1,148 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:30 | 17:11 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pulaski 2 E, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1486251 — Piney Mountain, Wythe County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356574068
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