Summers Mountain
Summers Mountain rises to 763 m in Virginia. Paddy Knob stands 1,365 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayfields State Park, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49079915, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 763 m
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 18.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 24.5 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 26.7 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Carlyle: 2.2 mi
- Alum Rock: 2.5 mi
- Sheep Knob: 3.6 mi
- The Bump: 4.0 mi
- Round Hill: 4.5 mi
- Phillips Spring: 5.4 mi
- Bolar Spring: 7.9 mi
- Rocky Spring: 8.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.6 mi
- Chestnut Flat Spring: 12.5 mi
- Deerfield Park: 7.7 mi
- Highland Park: 11.6 mi
- Craigsville Community Park: 13.8 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 21.8 mi
- Maury Monument: 22.1 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 9.3 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 9.4 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 11.3 mi
- Bath County Veterans Memorial: 19.6 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 20.1 mi
- Highland County Museum: 6.7 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 11.9 mi
- Bath County Historical Society: 19.6 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 20.0 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 8.7 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 10.2 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Locust Springs: 24.2 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 11.9 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 12.7 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 14.2 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 15.1 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 1.9 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 5.2 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 21.4 mi
- Byrd Point: 3.8 mi
- Trinity Point: 20.4 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 15.6 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 18.8 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 20.0 mi
- Sunset: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Summers Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Knob | W 276° | 1,365 m | 14.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 319° | 1,363 m | 14.8 mi |
| Elliott Knob | ESE 115° | 1,358 m | 13.1 mi |
| Hogback | ESE 117° | 1,355 m | 12.8 mi |
| Barren Rock | N 8° | 1,335 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sounding Knob | NNW 336° | 1,334 m | 7.6 mi |
| Freezland Flat | NE 56° | 1,325 m | 13.1 mi |
| Hardscrabble Knob | NE 54° | 1,305 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mustoe 1 SW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1487729 — Summers Mountain, Highland County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356575102
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