The Butt
The Butt rises to 1,226 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49082197, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1226 m
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 17.5 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 29.1 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Brumley Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Turkey Knob: 3.6 mi
- Brumley Ridge: 5.5 mi
- Middle Knob: 6.7 mi
- Potato Hill Knob: 6.8 mi
- Lebanon Town Park: 4.5 mi
- Old Mill Park: 4.7 mi
- Glade Hollow Ball Park: 5.4 mi
- J.S. Easterly Park: 5.5 mi
- Historic Whites Mill: 7.3 mi
- In Remembrance to the Veterans of Russel County S. Hughes Melton Medical Doctor: 4.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Dedicated To All The Veterans of Russell County: 4.8 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 11.1 mi
- Cobra: 17.2 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Cleveland Barrens Natural Area Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 9.0 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 13.4 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 6.6 mi
- Pinnacle: 9.0 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Backbone Rock: 22.6 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 24.0 mi
- William King Museum: 10.4 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 10.6 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 10.7 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 17.2 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 18.3 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 19.8 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 21.5 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 22.1 mi
- Spearhead Trails: 23.4 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 23.7 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 4.6 mi
- Heartwood: 10.7 mi
- Wooly: 18.3 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 21.7 mi
- Abrams Falls: 14.3 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 23.5 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 24.6 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 2.2 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 10.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of The Butt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,429 m | 12.5 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,379 m | 19.3 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,345 m | 16.8 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,323 m | 19.2 mi |
| Peak 4300 | ENE 59° | 1,311 m | 14.7 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | E 87° | 1,287 m | 2.7 mi |
| Middle Knob | ENE 68° | 1,264 m | 6.7 mi |
| Short Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,245 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493698 — The Butt, Washington County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582143
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