Pond Mountain
Pond Mountain rises to 1,005 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the south, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rich Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063182, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,005 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 22.3 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 22.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 25.6 mi off the New River Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rich Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Staley Knob: 2.4 mi
- Barton Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Short Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mill Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 10.5 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 15.1 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 16.4 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 18.4 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 21.2 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 14.8 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 16.7 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 18.5 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 22.9 mi
- Big Spring: 10.3 mi
- Brig Spring: 16.2 mi
- Cave Spring: 18.0 mi
- Boiling Spring: 18.7 mi
- Sharon Springs: 22.3 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 3.0 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 15.0 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 23.0 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 24.4 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 11.0 mi
- Listening Rock: 11.8 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 18.3 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 18.5 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 18.1 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 18.6 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 22.5 mi
- Backbone Rock: 21.3 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 22.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 14.2 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.2 mi
- Wooly: 15.0 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 18.4 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | S 189° | 1,744 m | 9.1 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | S 180° | 1,689 m | 9.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | S 181° | 1,684 m | 9.2 mi |
| Grave Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,540 m | 6.8 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | S 177° | 1,526 m | 11.1 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SSE 164° | 1,503 m | 8.5 mi |
| Third Peak | SSE 161° | 1,502 m | 8.7 mi |
| Second Peak | SSE 159° | 1,476 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583765
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