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. 146 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082197, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,226 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
146 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
- Munchkin Park: 10.1 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 25 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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