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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
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 21.9 miles of Sugar Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beartown MountainS 187°1,429 m20.3 mi
Flattop MountainSSE 167°1,379 m19.9 mi
Morris KnobSE 132°1,358 m17.3 mi
Redrock MountainS 174°1,345 m20.6 mi
Brushy MountainSSE 168°1,323 m18.4 mi
Peak 4300S 183°1,311 m19.0 mi
Knob MountainSE 125°1,270 m17.6 mi
Clinch MountainSE 126°1,265 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 5080 °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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