Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain rises to 1,020 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the south, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayes Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 8.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Giles County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49069154, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,020 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 25.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 29.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hayes Knob: 0.7 mi
- Wind Rock: 1.0 mi
- Minie Ball Hill: 1.5 mi
- Kire Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Salt Pond Mountain: 2.3 mi
- White Rock Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
- Pembroke Boat Ramp: 9.8 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 10.0 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 14.2 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 14.8 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 14.8 mi
- The Pylons: 14.8 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 14.9 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 7.6 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 19.7 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 21.1 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 13.1 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 14.5 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 15.1 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 15.3 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 17.2 mi
- Bear Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Barney's Wall: 5.1 mi
- Barneys Wall: 5.1 mi
- High Point: 19.7 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 13.6 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 14.8 mi
- Modern Art: 14.9 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 15.5 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 16.5 mi
- Keffer Oak: 10.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 13.0 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 17.7 mi
- Organ Cave: 20.9 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 21.5 mi
- Junta: 18.1 mi
- Egypt: 18.6 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 19.5 mi
- Warford: 22.0 mi
- Whitcomb: 24.9 mi
- Big Spring: 19.8 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 20.0 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 21.3 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 21.5 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 21.9 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 15.3 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 16.6 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 19.8 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 22.6 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 23.1 mi
- Middle Cascades: 23.2 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | S 185° | 1,327 m | 5.2 mi |
| Butt Mountain | SW 233° | 1,282 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | SW 230° | 1,256 m | 6.4 mi |
| Wind Rock | SE 143° | 1,246 m | 1.0 mi |
| Wrights Peak | N 4° | 1,242 m | 3.6 mi |
| Brushy Top | WSW 239° | 1,236 m | 4.5 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | ESE 121° | 1,232 m | 2.3 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,231 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union 3 SSE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583805
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