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Rowe Mountain

Rowe Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Rowe Mountain rises to 702 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Keen Mountain, a peak 5.1 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 0.8 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49070230, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
702 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.27206, -82.00957

Overlooks nearby

90 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 57
Parks: 17
  • Grundy Kiwanis & Miller Richardson Playground: 5.4 mi
  • TMI Park: 5.6 mi
  • Poplar Gap Park: 8.7 mi
  • Verner Blankenship Community Park: 10.2 mi
  • Coal Camp Park: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • Bartley Mine Disaster: 15.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Walk of Honor: 16.3 mi
  • Space Shuttle Memorial: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Old Fashion Elk: 18.9 mi
  • Crazy Eyes Elk: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
Museums: 1
  • Elkhorn City Railroad Museum: 19.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rowe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beartown MountainSSE1,429 m24.6 mi
Peak 4300SSE1,311 m24.0 mi
Short MountainSE1,200 m24.0 mi
Big A MountainS1,126 m15.2 mi
Bald RockSE1,099 m22.3 mi
House and Barn MountainSSE1,074 m20.1 mi
Paint RockSE1,040 m22.5 mi
Little RockS966 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0619:40
June solstice06:0920:1420:52
September equinox07:1718:5219:27
December solstice07:3916:3417:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744546269737267564437
Precip in3.33.34.04.34.84.85.74.23.23.02.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grundy, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496177 — Rowe Mountain, Buchanan County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356583820

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