Poor Mountain
Poor Mountain rises to 1,032 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the north, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Rich Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063275, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,032 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 14.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Rich Mountain: 1.2 mi
- The Loop: 2.3 mi
- Beartown Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Middle Knob: 4.5 mi
- Potato Hill Knob: 4.5 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- J.S. Easterly Park: 9.0 mi
- Old Mill Park: 10.0 mi
- Lebanon Town Park: 10.4 mi
- Glade Hollow Ball Park: 11.2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Dedicated To All The Veterans of Russell County: 9.6 mi
- In Remembrance to the Veterans of Russel County S. Hughes Melton Medical Doctor: 9.7 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 13.0 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 18.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 3.4 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 9.3 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 10.0 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 10.2 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 7.5 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 12.7 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 12.8 mi
- William King Museum: 12.9 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 21.3 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Pinnacle: 9.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 17.7 mi
- Backbone Rock: 20.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.7 mi
- Brig Spring: 21.1 mi
- Cave Spring: 22.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 23.3 mi
- Big Spring: 23.8 mi
- Wooly: 7.5 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 10.1 mi
- Heartwood: 14.1 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 18.1 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 19.0 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 19.3 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
- Abrams Falls: 24.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 18.0 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 18.5 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 12.1 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 13.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Poor Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | N 3° | 1,429 m | 3.2 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,379 m | 8.3 mi |
| Morris Knob | NE 53° | 1,358 m | 19.4 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,345 m | 5.8 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NE 51° | 1,323 m | 8.4 mi |
| Peak 4300 | NNE 24° | 1,311 m | 4.7 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,287 m | 8.5 mi |
| Middle Knob | W 260° | 1,264 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1494267 — Poor Mountain, Washington County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582596
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