Poor Mountain
Poor Mountain rises to 426 m in Virginia. Buffalo Mountain stands 1,210 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is White Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 6.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49063271, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 426 m
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.0 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Smart View Overlook · 8 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 11 mi
- Rock Castle Gorge · 11 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stuarts Knob: 2.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Chimney Rock: 5.7 mi
- Hogpen Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Turners Knob: 6.0 mi
- Deep Run Camp Area: 2.6 mi
- Rennet Bag Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Mines Branch Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Ryans Branch Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
- Horseshoe Point Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 3.7 mi
- Chestnut Creek Wetlands State Natural Area Preserve: 16.5 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve: 21.6 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 23.5 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 9.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 9.8 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 11.3 mi
- Virginia Museum of Natural History: 18.5 mi
- Caboose: 23.0 mi
- White Falls: 0.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 20.3 mi
- Camp Creek: 20.3 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 21.6 mi
- Calico Rock: 3.6 mi
- Cracker Point: 6.0 mi
- One Clear View: 11.1 mi
- Jessup's Mill: 24.0 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 6.3 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
- Spring Well #25: 13.0 mi
- Brush: 21.8 mi
- Patrick Henry Monument: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Poor Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Mountain | W 264° | 1,210 m | 18.2 mi |
| Hog Mountain | W 260° | 1,087 m | 14.4 mi |
| Jones Mountain | W 264° | 1,081 m | 13.5 mi |
| Rocky Knob | W 268° | 1,080 m | 10.7 mi |
| Slate Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,059 m | 15.0 mi |
| Grassy Knoll | W 262° | 1,049 m | 11.8 mi |
| Long Mountain | W 262° | 1,027 m | 18.4 mi |
| Turnip Patch Ridge | WSW 252° | 1,015 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Philpott DAM 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493444 — Poor Mountain, Patrick County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582031
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