Straight Mountain
Straight Mountain rises to 1,233 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the east-southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Washington County and Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49078703, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1233 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 20.6 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 27.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 30 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Sharp Top: 2.0 mi
- Grave Mountain: 2.4 mi
- High Point: 2.7 mi
- Grosses Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 9.6 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 12.2 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 14.9 mi
- Ralph Stout Park: 17.7 mi
- The Meadows Sports Complex: 18.6 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 11.6 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 14.9 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 18.2 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 19.2 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 19.5 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 15.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.0 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.1 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 16.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.3 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 5.7 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 7.6 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 9.5 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 16.6 mi
- AT2020: 9.2 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 9.2 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 9.8 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 13.1 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 17.6 mi
- Brig Spring: 7.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 8.8 mi
- Boiling Spring: 9.6 mi
- Big Spring: 18.9 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 8.0 mi
- Listening Rock: 8.5 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 9.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 9.7 mi
- Trials Playground: 20.5 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 24.0 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 9.6 mi
- Wooly: 14.9 mi
- Heartwood: 20.6 mi
- Backbone Rock: 12.2 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 18.3 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 19.4 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Straight Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | ESE 115° | 1,744 m | 5.3 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | ESE 113° | 1,689 m | 6.9 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SSE 159° | 1,684 m | 3.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,684 m | 6.6 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SSE 168° | 1,553 m | 4.0 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | ESE 123° | 1,551 m | 8.3 mi |
| Grave Mountain | E 84° | 1,540 m | 3.8 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,526 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1487658 — Straight Mountain, Smyth County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356575044
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