Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 1,258 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the south, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dial Rock, a peak 0.7 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4785571.
Wikidata Q49073500, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,258 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 13.3 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 22.4 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 13 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dial Rock: 0.7 mi
- East River Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Buckhorn Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Chimney Rock: 1.9 mi
- Rich Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Cavitt's Creek Park: 4.8 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 6.1 mi
- Graham Recreation Park: 8.8 mi
- Saint Lukes Cemetery: 9.5 mi
- Parkview Heights Park: 10.0 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 5.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.1 mi
- This Way: 17.1 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 19.4 mi
- Space Shuttle Memorial: 20.8 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 8.3 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 22.5 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 23.3 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 24.2 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 24.2 mi
- Sharon Springs: 10.8 mi
- Big Spring: 15.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.7 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 13.7 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 22.8 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 11.2 mi
- Hix: 12.3 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 13.3 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 18.6 mi
- City Garden: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | S 170° | 1,437 m | 5.0 mi |
| Morris Knob | SW 236° | 1,358 m | 12.5 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | SSE 154° | 1,348 m | 3.7 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | SSE 166° | 1,344 m | 6.7 mi |
| East River Mountain | NE 35° | 1,331 m | 1.2 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NE 47° | 1,304 m | 1.9 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | ESE 111° | 1,270 m | 9.6 mi |
| Knob Mountain | WSW 237° | 1,270 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1500102 — Short Mountain, Tazewell County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356587010
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