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Sugar Cove Mountain

Sugar Cove Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sugar Cove Mountain rises to 885 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Horn Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 1.0 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49079026, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
885 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.21872, -81.84845

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 20
Historic sites: 5
  • Bartley Mine Disaster: 10.4 mi
  • Space Shuttle Memorial: 15.6 mi
  • Peery & St. Clair Building: 19.4 mi
  • Kimball World War I Memorial: 23.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Walk of Honor: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Museums: 2
  • Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 16.6 mi
  • Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 23.9 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Wooly: 23.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Sugar Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beartown MountainS1,429 m20.3 mi
Flattop MountainSSE1,379 m19.9 mi
Morris KnobSE1,358 m17.3 mi
Redrock MountainS1,345 m20.6 mi
Brushy MountainSSE1,323 m18.4 mi
Peak 4300S1,311 m19.0 mi
Knob MountainSE1,270 m17.6 mi
Clinch MountainSE1,265 m21.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:0820:1320:52
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3816:3417:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333743536169727166544437
Precip in3.43.34.04.04.54.34.83.83.42.72.83.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richlands, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356583888

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