Rock House Mountain
Rock House Mountain rises to 1,208 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the west-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068907, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,208 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Short Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Redrock Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Whiterock Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Flattop Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Peak 4300: 3.5 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
- Overlook Park: 12.2 mi
- Williams Park: 12.4 mi
- J.S. Easterly Park: 13.3 mi
- Old Mill Park: 14.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Dedicated To All The Veterans of Russell County: 14.0 mi
- In Remembrance to the Veterans of Russel County S. Hughes Melton Medical Doctor: 14.1 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 16.8 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 19.4 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 2.3 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 5.4 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 13.3 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 14.1 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 3.7 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 16.5 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 16.7 mi
- William King Museum: 16.8 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 17.4 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 8.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Pinnacle: 13.3 mi
- Backbone Rock: 21.9 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 22.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.9 mi
- Big Spring: 19.1 mi
- Brig Spring: 21.3 mi
- Cave Spring: 22.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 23.8 mi
- Wooly: 3.7 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 14.5 mi
- Heartwood: 18.0 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 19.2 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 19.3 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 19.5 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 23.4 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 24.5 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 19.1 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 19.5 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 17.1 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 17.8 mi
- Hix: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Rock House Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | WNW 285° | 1,429 m | 4.5 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,379 m | 3.4 mi |
| Morris Knob | NE 49° | 1,358 m | 14.6 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | NE 40° | 1,345 m | 1.0 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,323 m | 3.9 mi |
| Peak 4300 | NW 312° | 1,311 m | 3.5 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | WSW 247° | 1,287 m | 13.4 mi |
| Knob Mountain | NE 49° | 1,270 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:34 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586944
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