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Rock House Mountain

Rock House Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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
1208 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.91122, -81.81762

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 22
Historic sites: 9
Museums: 6
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 5
Artworks: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • 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
Picnic sites: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beartown MountainWNW 285°1,429 m4.5 mi
Flattop MountainENE 57°1,379 m3.4 mi
Morris KnobNE 49°1,358 m14.6 mi
Redrock MountainNE 40°1,345 m1.0 mi
Brushy MountainNNE 32°1,323 m3.9 mi
Peak 4300NW 312°1,311 m3.5 mi
Brumley MountainWSW 247°1,287 m13.4 mi
Knob MountainNE 49°1,270 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:0920:1220:51
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3716:3417:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536270737267554437
Precip in3.83.84.34.34.34.45.14.53.53.03.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356586944

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