Rich Mountain
Rich Mountain rises to 1,059 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the north, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Poor Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Russell County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068415, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,059 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Poor Mountain: 1.2 mi
- The Loop: 2.0 mi
- Beartown Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Peak 4300: 3.5 mi
- Rock House Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 7.0 mi
- J.S. Easterly Park: 9.3 mi
- Old Mill Park: 10.3 mi
- Lebanon Town Park: 10.8 mi
- Glade Hollow Ball Park: 11.5 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 3.9 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 9.5 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 9.8 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 10.0 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 7.1 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 13.9 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 14.0 mi
- William King Museum: 14.1 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 21.0 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Dedicated To All The Veterans of Russell County: 9.9 mi
- In Remembrance to the Veterans of Russel County S. Hughes Melton Medical Doctor: 10.1 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 14.2 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 19.2 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Pinnacle: 9.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Backbone Rock: 21.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.6 mi
- Brig Spring: 21.9 mi
- Big Spring: 23.2 mi
- Cave Spring: 23.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.1 mi
- Wooly: 7.1 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 10.5 mi
- Heartwood: 15.3 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 19.1 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 19.0 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 19.4 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 19.9 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 20.1 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 13.1 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 15.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Rich Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | N 352° | 1,429 m | 2.1 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,379 m | 7.4 mi |
| Morris Knob | NE 55° | 1,358 m | 18.4 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,345 m | 5.0 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NE 56° | 1,323 m | 7.4 mi |
| Peak 4300 | NNE 25° | 1,311 m | 3.5 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,287 m | 9.4 mi |
| Middle Knob | WSW 249° | 1,264 m | 5.2 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 1494268 — Rich Mountain, Russell County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582600
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