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Ragged Mountain

Ragged Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Ragged Mountain rises to 964 m in Virginia. Butt Mountain stands 1,282 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49066377, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
964 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.28790, -80.95286

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Tate Lohr Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
  • Camp Success Campground: 8.4 mi
  • Princeton City Park: 8.8 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Park: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Historic sites: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Museums: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Bluefield Love Sign: 17.7 mi
  • DAK Lights: 19.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Big Walker Lookout: 22.6 mi
Springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Ragged Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Butt MountainENE 73°1,282 m19.0 mi
Greaver BenchmarkSW 233°1,270 m21.6 mi
Lookoff RockENE 73°1,256 m19.1 mi
Buckhorn KnobWNW 282°1,239 m1.5 mi
Sugar Run MountainESE 117°1,238 m6.1 mi
Brushy TopENE 70°1,236 m20.6 mi
Walker MountainSSW 207°1,224 m17.7 mi
Doe MountainENE 77°1,211 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:36
June solstice06:0420:0920:48
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
December solstice07:3516:3017:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536167717063534436

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356584451

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