The Jumps
The Jumps rises to 655 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tater Knob, a peak 3.1 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082556, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 655 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 19.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 21.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 22.8 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 23 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tater Knob: 3.1 mi
- Hubble Hill: 4.0 mi
- Gobbler Knob: 4.4 mi
- Knob Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Battle Knob: 5.0 mi
- Cavitt's Creek Park: 6.7 mi
- Overlook Park: 8.2 mi
- Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
- Williams Park: 9.8 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 16.0 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 6.0 mi
- Bartley Mine Disaster: 15.6 mi
- Space Shuttle Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 21.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.2 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 3.1 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 19.1 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 21.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.8 mi
- Big Spring: 16.2 mi
- Sharon Springs: 20.1 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 15.8 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.1 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 22.4 mi
- Wooly: 19.1 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 21.3 mi
- Hix: 6.3 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of The Jumps. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,437 m | 12.4 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | SSW 209° | 1,379 m | 15.5 mi |
| Morris Knob | S 174° | 1,358 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | E 99° | 1,348 m | 12.7 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | SW 214° | 1,345 m | 17.6 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | ESE 113° | 1,344 m | 13.7 mi |
| East River Mountain | E 79° | 1,331 m | 11.9 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SW 215° | 1,323 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:33 | 17:14 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richlands, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493700 — The Jumps, Tazewell County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582147
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