Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain rises to 527 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Garst Mill Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49079660, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 527 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 6 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 6 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Garst Mill Park: 1.7 mi
- Salemm Dog Park: 2.1 mi
- Rotary Park: 2.2 mi
- Salem Rotary Dog Park: 2.7 mi
- Mowles Spring Park: 2.8 mi
- Twelve O'clock Knob: 2.5 mi
- Masons Knob: 4.4 mi
- Buck Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 4.9 mi
- Lost Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Agatha Strother Lewis | Col. Elijah McClanahan: 4.9 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Salem Museum: 4.0 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 5.7 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 6.1 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 6.1 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 6.2 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 3.5 mi
- The Solar Wind: 4.1 mi
- The Rock: 4.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 4.6 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 5.7 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 1.7 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 8.6 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Explore Park: 10.7 mi
- Carvins Cove: 10.9 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 5.8 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 5.8 mi
- Roanoke Star: 6.1 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 7.5 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 13.5 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 5.5 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Beale Garden: 9.8 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 19.4 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 11.2 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 14.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.7 mi
- Cracker Point: 24.7 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 20.3 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 11.3 mi
- Camp Creek: 11.4 mi
- Howrytown: 16.3 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Sugarloaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,141 m | 6.7 mi |
| Earn Knob | NNW 331° | 1,097 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | S 170° | 1,083 m | 8.4 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | NW 307° | 998 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bent Mountain | SSW 210° | 975 m | 7.1 mi |
| McAfee Knob | N 1° | 974 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | SSW 210° | 972 m | 7.1 mi |
| Masons Knob | S 173° | 961 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493670 — Sugarloaf Mountain, Roanoke County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582133
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 6 mi
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