Roanoke Mountain
Roanoke Mountain rises to 662 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Clearbrook Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Roanoke Mountain is a mountain in Virginia. It is located two miles south of the Roanoke River and one mile east of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The summit of Roanoke Mountain may be reached by a one-way loop road which branches off the Blue Ridge Parkway. There are two overlooks on the summit ridge with excellent views to the west over Roanoke city and to the north. There is a geologically puzzling crater-like formation near the east end of the summit ridge. Earlier, Roanoke Mountain was called Yellow Mountain
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Wikidata Q7339789, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 662 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 1 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 3 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clearbrook Park: 1.1 mi
- Garden City Park: 1.3 mi
- Fern Park: 2.0 mi
- Sunrise Park: 2.0 mi
- Mount Pleasant Park: 2.6 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 1.5 mi
- Stone Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Buck Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Mill Mountain: 2.9 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 4.3 mi
- Rorer Hall: 4.3 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 4.4 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 4.3 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 4.4 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 4.4 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 4.4 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 5.2 mi
- Explore Park: 5.3 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 7.4 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Carvins Cove: 12.7 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 14.5 mi
- Roanoke Star: 2.9 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 4.4 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 4.4 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 7.9 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 13.6 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 4.1 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 4.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 4.3 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 4.4 mi
- The Solar Wind: 8.9 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 3.0 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Beale Garden: 10.0 mi
- Victory Garden: 23.5 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 19.2 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 16.1 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 16.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.6 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 14.9 mi
- Camp Creek: 15.0 mi
- Howrytown: 16.0 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 23.9 mi
- Big Spring: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Roanoke Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | W 266° | 1,141 m | 12.0 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SW 215° | 1,083 m | 7.8 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | WNW 299° | 998 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bent Mountain | WSW 246° | 975 m | 10.3 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NNW 336° | 974 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | WSW 246° | 972 m | 10.3 mi |
| Masons Knob | WSW 245° | 961 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | WSW 251° | 935 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1473296 — Roanoke Mountain, Roanoke County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356565113
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 4 mi
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