Sentinel Point
Sentinel Point rises to 1,050 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Creek Nature Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49072289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1050 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 22.3 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 23.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 25.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 27 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Creek Nature Park: 0.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Camp Success Campground: 1.8 mi
- Tate Lohr Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Pembroke Boat Ramp: 9.0 mi
- Angels Rest: 2.5 mi
- Pearis Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Turnhole Knob: 3.5 mi
- Sugar Run Mountain: 5.1 mi
- High Point: 5.2 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Stone Arch: 17.5 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 18.6 mi
- This Way: 20.9 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 21.8 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 4.1 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 15.9 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 15.9 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 16.8 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 21.5 mi
- DAK Lights: 16.2 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 18.0 mi
- Modern Art: 18.6 mi
- Modern Art: 18.6 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 22.0 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 23.2 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 16.9 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 17.0 mi
- City Garden: 17.3 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 18.3 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 21.9 mi
- High Point: 5.2 mi
- Barneys Wall: 12.6 mi
- Barney's Wall: 12.6 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 16.1 mi
- Bear Cliff: 16.5 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 12.6 mi
- Junta: 14.4 mi
- Warford: 16.7 mi
- Lilly: 21.1 mi
- Egypt: 23.8 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 10.0 mi
- Cascades: 13.3 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 19.0 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 21.3 mi
- Keffer Oak: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Sentinel Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | E 79° | 1,327 m | 15.0 mi |
| Butt Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,282 m | 10.9 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | ENE 69° | 1,256 m | 11.0 mi |
| Wind Rock | ENE 65° | 1,246 m | 17.3 mi |
| Wrights Peak | NE 53° | 1,242 m | 19.3 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | W 263° | 1,239 m | 9.7 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,238 m | 5.1 mi |
| Brushy Top | ENE 63° | 1,236 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearisburg 4 SSE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356574620
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