Round Top
Round Top rises to 1,215 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the south-southeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Double Top, a peak 0.5 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49070094, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1215 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 20.4 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 26.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 29 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 29 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 29 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Double Top: 0.5 mi
- Grave Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Grave Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Sharp Top: 1.1 mi
- High Point: 1.5 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 12.6 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 15.1 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 15.9 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 16.8 mi
- Ashe County Park: 19.4 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 9.6 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 15.9 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 19.2 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 20.4 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 20.6 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 16.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.1 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.1 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.7 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 8.6 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 10.6 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 16.9 mi
- AT2020: 12.2 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 12.2 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 12.8 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 16.1 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 20.0 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 6.4 mi
- Listening Rock: 7.1 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 12.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 12.7 mi
- Brig Spring: 9.6 mi
- Cave Spring: 11.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 12.0 mi
- Big Spring: 17.0 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 12.6 mi
- Wooly: 15.9 mi
- Heartwood: 23.5 mi
- Backbone Rock: 15.2 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 20.6 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 20.6 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 23.4 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Trials Playground: 22.9 mi
- Elk Shoals: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Round Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | SSE 148° | 1,744 m | 3.6 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | SE 136° | 1,689 m | 4.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SE 135° | 1,684 m | 4.5 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SSW 198° | 1,684 m | 4.7 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SSW 204° | 1,553 m | 5.2 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | SE 143° | 1,551 m | 6.7 mi |
| Grave Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,540 m | 1.0 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | SE 143° | 1,526 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356574440
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