Round Mountain
Round Mountain rises to 1,202 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is This Way, a historic site 4.2 miles away. Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Bland County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49069937, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,202 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 8.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 7.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 26.5 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greaver Benchmark: 5.5 mi
- Gose Knob: 6.6 mi
- Walker Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Big Bend: 8.9 mi
- Griffith Knob: 10.7 mi
- East River Park: 7.1 mi
- Walnut Grove Cemetery: 7.1 mi
- Lotito City Park: 7.2 mi
- Montvale Park: 7.4 mi
- Maple Park Cemetery: 7.4 mi
- This Way: 4.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Stone Arch: 14.9 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 18.2 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 18.2 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 15.4 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 16.0 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 16.0 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 21.1 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 12.4 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 22.6 mi
- High Point: 22.6 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 23.1 mi
- Raven Cliff: 23.7 mi
- Sharon Springs: 8.6 mi
- Big Spring: 21.6 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 7.8 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 8.0 mi
- City Garden: 14.9 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 16.3 mi
- Hix: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | WSW 247° | 1,437 m | 13.1 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | WSW 253° | 1,348 m | 11.9 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | WSW 239° | 1,344 m | 13.1 mi |
| East River Mountain | W 274° | 1,331 m | 12.3 mi |
| Chimney Rock | W 275° | 1,304 m | 11.6 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | SW 227° | 1,270 m | 5.5 mi |
| Short Mountain | W 269° | 1,258 m | 13.0 mi |
| Ghost Knob | WSW 256° | 1,250 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bland, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1486790 — Round Mountain, Bland County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356574434
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