Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 1,200 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the west-southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Arkansas Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073498, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,200 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 14.0 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 28.8 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arkansas Hill: 2.3 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Paint Rock: 3.7 mi
- Bald Rock: 3.9 mi
- Flattop Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Overlook Park: 6.0 mi
- Williams Park: 7.1 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 8.2 mi
- Cavitt's Creek Park: 17.5 mi
- J.S. Easterly Park: 18.2 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 5.6 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 7.7 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 17.0 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 20.2 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 8.0 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 12.8 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 16.8 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 23.5 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 23.7 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 14.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 19.0 mi
- Dedicated To All The Veterans of Russell County: 19.0 mi
- In Remembrance to the Veterans of Russel County S. Hughes Melton Medical Doctor: 19.2 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 23.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Pinnacle: 16.9 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 24.3 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 25.0 mi
- Wooly: 8.0 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 19.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.0 mi
- Big Spring: 15.7 mi
- Hix: 17.0 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 23.4 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | WSW 241° | 1,429 m | 9.5 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,379 m | 4.1 mi |
| Morris Knob | ENE 62° | 1,358 m | 8.1 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,345 m | 6.1 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SW 217° | 1,323 m | 3.2 mi |
| Peak 4300 | WSW 242° | 1,311 m | 7.4 mi |
| Knob Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,270 m | 10.2 mi |
| Clinch Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,265 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richlands, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493561 — Short Mountain, Tazewell County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582090
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