Powell Mountain
Powell Mountain rises to 726 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wylie Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Giles County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063925, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 726 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 23.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 26.0 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 26.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wylie Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Turnhole Knob: 4.2 mi
- Cashs Hill: 4.9 mi
- Sentinel Point: 6.4 mi
- White Tree Hill: 6.6 mi
- Camp Success Campground: 4.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
- Sherman Ballard Recreation Area: 5.5 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Park: 6.1 mi
- Tate Lohr Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 7.0 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 14.4 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 14.4 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 15.4 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 19.2 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 19.6 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 20.4 mi
- Stone Arch: 16.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 19.1 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 21.2 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 22.6 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 6.3 mi
- Junta: 8.1 mi
- Warford: 10.4 mi
- Lilly: 15.0 mi
- Egypt: 18.0 mi
- High Point: 11.6 mi
- Barneys Wall: 13.2 mi
- Barney's Wall: 13.3 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 17.1 mi
- Bear Cliff: 17.4 mi
- City Garden: 16.0 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 23.3 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 23.3 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 23.5 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 21.7 mi
- DAK Lights: 22.5 mi
- Modern Art: 22.6 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 15.4 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 24.9 mi
- Brooks Falls: 22.2 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Powell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ESE 102° | 1,327 m | 16.2 mi |
| Butt Mountain | E 101° | 1,282 m | 11.4 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | ESE 102° | 1,256 m | 11.6 mi |
| Wind Rock | E 87° | 1,246 m | 16.9 mi |
| Wrights Peak | ENE 72° | 1,242 m | 17.4 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | SW 229° | 1,239 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | S 188° | 1,238 m | 10.7 mi |
| Brushy Top | E 93° | 1,236 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
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 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356574159
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