Rich Mountain
Rich Mountain rises to 1,087 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the south, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pond Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49068417, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1087 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 24.6 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 23.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pond Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Barton Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Plummer Ridge: 2.9 mi
- Bear Ridge: 3.5 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 11.5 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 15.1 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 16.8 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 17.4 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 20.2 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 14.5 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.2 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.3 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 4.1 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 15.0 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 23.4 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 24.0 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 24.6 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 13.8 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 15.7 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 21.8 mi
- Big Spring: 11.4 mi
- Brig Spring: 15.1 mi
- Cave Spring: 16.8 mi
- Boiling Spring: 17.6 mi
- Sharon Springs: 23.5 mi
- AT2020: 17.1 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 17.1 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 17.6 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 21.0 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 23.6 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 10.0 mi
- Listening Rock: 10.8 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 17.3 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 17.5 mi
- Wooly: 15.0 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 17.4 mi
- Backbone Rock: 20.3 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 22.0 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Rich Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | S 187° | 1,744 m | 8.0 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | S 176° | 1,689 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | S 178° | 1,684 m | 8.1 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,684 m | 10.3 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | S 173° | 1,551 m | 10.3 mi |
| Grave Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,540 m | 5.6 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | S 174° | 1,526 m | 10.1 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,503 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:34 | 17:14 |
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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496146 — Rich Mountain, Smyth County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583792
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