Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain rises to 1,503 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the west-southwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Third Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49078403, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1503 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 17.2 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.2 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Alligator Back Overlook · 23 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 24 mi
- Basin Cove Overlook · 25 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Third Peak: 0.5 mi
- Second Peak: 1.0 mi
- First Peak: 1.6 mi
- Wilburn Ridge: 2.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 15.2 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 15.4 mi
- Ashe County Park: 16.2 mi
- Family Central: 16.8 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 17.5 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 13.4 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 14.6 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 15.3 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 15.4 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 17.5 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 21.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 22.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 22.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 23.1 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 11.5 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 16.1 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 17.3 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 21.5 mi
- Alleghany Historical Museum: 22.7 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 3.4 mi
- Listening Rock: 4.1 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 17.3 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 17.7 mi
- Caudill Cabin: 23.9 mi
- AT2020: 16.9 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 16.9 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 17.7 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 20.8 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 22.7 mi
- Brig Spring: 13.7 mi
- Cave Spring: 14.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 15.3 mi
- Big Spring: 18.2 mi
- Backbone Rock: 19.6 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 23.6 mi
- Alligator Back: 23.8 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 17.5 mi
- Wooly: 21.5 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 20.5 mi
- Elk Shoals: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Stone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | WSW 258° | 1,744 m | 3.9 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | WSW 241° | 1,689 m | 2.7 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,684 m | 2.7 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | WSW 253° | 1,684 m | 7.5 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | WSW 252° | 1,553 m | 8.2 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | SSW 208° | 1,551 m | 3.5 mi |
| Grave Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,540 m | 5.1 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,526 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELK Creek 4ssw, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356587030
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