Thaxton Mountain
Thaxton Mountain rises to 586 m in Virginia. Flat Top Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Peach Orchard Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49082087, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 586 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Montvale Overlook · 10 mi
- Harvey's Knob Overlook · 10 mi
- Harveys Knob Overlook · 10 mi
- Sharp Top Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peach Orchard Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Zimmerman Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mosely Mountain: 3.3 mi
- High Knob: 4.1 mi
- Montvale Park: 5.7 mi
- Beulah Payne Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
- Centertown Park: 6.2 mi
- Bedford Historic District: 6.3 mi
- Greenwood Park: 6.7 mi
- Liberty Lake Park: 5.5 mi
- National D-Day Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished): 11.7 mi
- Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike: 12.0 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library: 6.3 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 14.6 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 17.0 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 17.0 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 17.0 mi
- Victory Garden: 5.4 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 7.5 mi
- Beale Garden: 17.1 mi
- Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 17.5 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 5.5 mi
- Roanoke Star: 17.0 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 17.3 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 17.3 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 17.5 mi
- Rhinoceros: 4.2 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 17.4 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 17.4 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 18.5 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 19.6 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 7.1 mi
- Explore Park: 12.8 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Carvins Cove: 20.1 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 24.7 mi
- Big Spring: 9.1 mi
- Hunting Spring: 19.5 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 20.2 mi
- Marble Spring: 20.7 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 11.5 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 15.0 mi
- Lace Falls: 22.5 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 14.5 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Howrytown: 16.3 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 21.8 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Thaxton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,215 m | 9.9 mi |
| Sharp Top Mountain | N 11° | 1,167 m | 8.4 mi |
| Onion Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,157 m | 14.1 mi |
| Headforemost Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,131 m | 12.4 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NNE 17° | 1,119 m | 10.3 mi |
| Floyd Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,088 m | 13.5 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | N 10° | 1,074 m | 8.1 mi |
| Harkening Hill | N 6° | 1,026 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:24 | 17:05 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1477024 — Thaxton Mountain, Bedford County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356567723
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