Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain rises to 488 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fern Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4787741.
Wikidata Q49078399, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 488 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 1 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 2 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fern Park: 0.3 mi
- Open Field: 0.8 mi
- Crystal Springs: 0.8 mi
- Sunrise Park: 1.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Park: 1.1 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 0.8 mi
- Mill Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Roanoke Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Buck Mountain: 3.5 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Rorer Hall: 2.4 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 2.5 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 2.6 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 2.5 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 2.5 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 2.6 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 2.6 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 4.2 mi
- Explore Park: 5.7 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 6.5 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Carvins Cove: 10.7 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 12.8 mi
- Roanoke Star: 1.4 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 2.5 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 2.5 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 9.9 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 12.4 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 2.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 2.2 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 2.3 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 2.5 mi
- The Rock: 7.1 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 1.2 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Beale Garden: 8.1 mi
- Victory Garden: 23.7 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 14.1 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 14.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.6 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 17.8 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 15.1 mi
- Camp Creek: 15.1 mi
- Howrytown: 14.4 mi
- Big Spring: 24.1 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Stone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WSW 256° | 1,141 m | 11.4 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,083 m | 9.0 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | WNW 293° | 998 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SW 234° | 975 m | 10.5 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NNW 336° | 974 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | SW 234° | 972 m | 10.5 mi |
| Masons Knob | SW 226° | 961 m | 6.2 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | WSW 237° | 935 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495136 — Stone Mountain, Roanoke (city) County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583416
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 2 mi
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