Sharp Top
Sharp Top rises to 1,316 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the southeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Grave Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072627, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,316 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 20.6 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 26.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 29.5 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 29 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 30 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grave Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Round Top: 1.1 mi
- High Point: 1.2 mi
- Double Top: 1.5 mi
- Straight Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 11.6 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 15.3 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 17.7 mi
- Ralph Stout Park: 19.4 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 10.1 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 15.3 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 19.5 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 19.9 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 20.7 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 7.7 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 9.6 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 17.0 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 7.0 mi
- Listening Rock: 7.6 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 11.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 11.7 mi
- Brig Spring: 8.8 mi
- Cave Spring: 10.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 11.3 mi
- Big Spring: 17.4 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 11.2 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 11.8 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 19.3 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 20.9 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 16.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.4 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 20.2 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 23.9 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 11.6 mi
- Wooly: 15.4 mi
- Heartwood: 22.5 mi
- Backbone Rock: 14.2 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 20.3 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 22.3 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Trials Playground: 22.2 mi
- Elk Shoals: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Sharp Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | SE 135° | 1,744 m | 4.1 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | SE 128° | 1,689 m | 5.6 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | S 186° | 1,684 m | 4.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SE 127° | 1,684 m | 5.3 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SSW 193° | 1,553 m | 4.8 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | SE 136° | 1,551 m | 7.3 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | SE 136° | 1,526 m | 7.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,513 m | 4.8 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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356587354
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