Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain rises to 343 m in Virginia. Sharp Top Mountain stands 1,167 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Moneta Park, a park 3.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49078394, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 343 m
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 17 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 20 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 20 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moneta Park: 3.4 mi
- Smith Mountain Lake Community Park: 4.6 mi
- Scruggs Boat Launch: 8.0 mi
- Penhook State Boat Ramp: 9.7 mi
- Falling Creek Park: 11.9 mi
- Mars Hill: 4.4 mi
- Bettys Hill: 6.8 mi
- Dumpling Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Mead Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Stone Road Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Bethany Church: 11.0 mi
- Liberty Lake Park: 11.8 mi
- National D-Day Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike: 15.0 mi
- Roark Mill: 16.2 mi
- Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library: 13.2 mi
- Avoca Museum: 17.7 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 19.1 mi
- Yates Tavern: 19.3 mi
- Caboose: 19.8 mi
- Victory Garden: 12.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 16.7 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 16.9 mi
- Dinwiddie Arboretum: 17.6 mi
- Saponi Garden: 18.0 mi
- Rhinoceros: 13.4 mi
- LOVE: 16.7 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 21.2 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 21.3 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 22.2 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 12.7 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 14.0 mi
- Roanoke Star: 20.1 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 21.3 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 21.3 mi
- Explore Park: 15.4 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 16.4 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 24.2 mi
- Big Spring: 20.2 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Stone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Top Mountain | N 357° | 1,167 m | 19.5 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | N 357° | 1,074 m | 19.3 mi |
| Weaver Knob | NW 310° | 784 m | 16.6 mi |
| Foster Knob | NNW 327° | 778 m | 18.3 mi |
| Taylors Mountain | NNW 345° | 776 m | 17.1 mi |
| Greens Knob | NW 316° | 769 m | 16.3 mi |
| Porter Mountain | NNW 331° | 744 m | 15.8 mi |
| Wiggington Knob | NNW 331° | 744 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1674905 — Stone Mountain, Bedford County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356591632
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 21 mi
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