Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 1,245 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the west, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Redrock Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4785570.
Wikidata Q49073496, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,245 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 10.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Redrock Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Rock House Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Whiterock Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Bald Rock: 2.9 mi
- Flattop Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- Overlook Park: 11.4 mi
- Williams Park: 11.6 mi
- J.S. Easterly Park: 13.4 mi
- Old Mill Park: 14.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Dedicated To All The Veterans of Russell County: 14.1 mi
- In Remembrance to the Veterans of Russel County S. Hughes Melton Medical Doctor: 14.2 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 17.5 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 20.2 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 3.0 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 5.4 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 13.2 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 14.5 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 4.2 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 17.2 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 17.4 mi
- William King Museum: 17.5 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 17.6 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Pinnacle: 13.1 mi
- Backbone Rock: 22.7 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 22.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.1 mi
- Big Spring: 19.0 mi
- Brig Spring: 22.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 23.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.6 mi
- Wooly: 4.1 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 14.6 mi
- Heartwood: 18.7 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 20.0 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 20.0 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 20.3 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 19.9 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 20.3 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 17.5 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 18.5 mi
- Hix: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | W 274° | 1,429 m | 4.4 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,379 m | 3.0 mi |
| Morris Knob | NE 51° | 1,358 m | 14.1 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | E 96° | 1,345 m | 0.6 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NE 39° | 1,323 m | 3.2 mi |
| Peak 4300 | WNW 300° | 1,311 m | 3.0 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,287 m | 13.8 mi |
| Knob Mountain | NE 51° | 1,270 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356587008
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