Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 911 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the south, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Barton Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073494, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 911 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 23.2 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 23.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Barton Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.6 mi
- Plummer Ridge: 2.1 mi
- Rich Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Seng Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 13.7 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 14.7 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 15.2 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 18.0 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 18.4 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 6.1 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 14.6 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 22.1 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 23.2 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 23.6 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 11.5 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 13.4 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 15.1 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 20.1 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 8.7 mi
- Listening Rock: 9.5 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 15.1 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 15.4 mi
- Brig Spring: 12.8 mi
- Big Spring: 13.5 mi
- Cave Spring: 14.6 mi
- Boiling Spring: 15.4 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 14.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 15.8 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 23.1 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 24.6 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 14.9 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 15.4 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 23.4 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 23.5 mi
- Wooly: 14.6 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 15.2 mi
- Backbone Rock: 18.0 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 20.8 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 24.0 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | S 175° | 1,744 m | 6.3 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | SSE 163° | 1,689 m | 7.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SSE 164° | 1,684 m | 6.7 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,684 m | 8.2 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SSW 203° | 1,553 m | 8.7 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | SSE 162° | 1,551 m | 9.0 mi |
| Grave Mountain | S 187° | 1,540 m | 3.7 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | SSE 163° | 1,526 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:34 | 17:14 |
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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583838
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