Salt Pond Mountain
Salt Pond Mountain rises to 1,231 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the south-southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lone Pine Peak, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Farm Heritage Road passes 10 miles off.
The story
Salt Pond Mountain is a mountain located in Giles County, Virginia. The mountain, which is part of the Ridge-and-valley province of the Appalachian Mountains, extends about seven miles (11 km) from southwest to northeast. The highest peak is Bald Knob, at the southeast end, south of Mountain Lake. Salt Pond Mtn. joins Johns Creek Mountain at the southwest end, and the Big Mountain – Potts Mountain ridge at the northeast end, just south of West Virginia. Salt Pond Mountain is on the Eastern Continental Divide between the regions which drain south into the Gulf of Mexico and east directly into the Atlantic Ocean. The south end of Salt Pond Mtn. drains into Sinking Creek and Doe Creek, thence into New River, the Kanawha River, the Ohio River, the Mississippi River, and into the Gulf of Mexico. The northwest side of Salt Pond Mtn. drains into Little Stony Creek, and thence into the New River. The southeast side of Salt Pond Mtn. drains into Johns Creek, thence into Craig Creek, and the James River, which drains into the Chesapeake Bay. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, crosses the northeast end of Salt Pond Mtn. A large part of the mountain is within the Mountain Lake Wilderness Cluster.
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Wikidata Q7405917, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1231 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 25.9 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 27.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lone Pine Peak: 0.0 mi
- Minie Ball Hill: 1.1 mi
- Wind Rock: 1.4 mi
- Kire Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.3 mi
- White Rock Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 8.3 mi
- Pembroke Boat Ramp: 10.4 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 12.4 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 13.0 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 13.1 mi
- The Pylons: 13.1 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 13.6 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 5.5 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 19.4 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 12.3 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 13.0 mi
- Modern Art: 13.6 mi
- Modern Art: 13.6 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 13.7 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 12.7 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 13.2 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 13.6 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 14.4 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 18.0 mi
- Bear Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 3.7 mi
- Barney's Wall: 5.9 mi
- Barneys Wall: 5.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 17.9 mi
- Keffer Oak: 7.8 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 10.9 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 16.8 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 19.9 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 20.5 mi
- Big Spring: 19.7 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 19.9 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 20.7 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 20.9 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 21.4 mi
- Cascades: 5.2 mi
- The Cascades: 22.7 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 22.7 mi
- Middle Cascades: 22.8 mi
- Junta: 20.3 mi
- Egypt: 20.6 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 21.7 mi
- Warford: 24.2 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 13.6 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 14.7 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 18.8 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 21.5 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Salt Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SSW 210° | 1,327 m | 4.7 mi |
| Butt Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,282 m | 7.5 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | WSW 247° | 1,256 m | 7.4 mi |
| Wind Rock | WNW 286° | 1,246 m | 1.4 mi |
| Wrights Peak | NNW 341° | 1,242 m | 5.0 mi |
| Brushy Top | WSW 259° | 1,236 m | 5.9 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | S 180° | 1,232 m | 0.0 mi |
| Doe Mountain | SW 228° | 1,211 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1500016 — Salt Pond Mountain, Giles County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586962
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