Thornton Mountain
Thornton Mountain rises to 523 m in Virginia. Cahas Mountain stands 1,083 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Beech Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49083296, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 523 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Spur Overlook · 11 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 12 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 13 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Waid Recreation Park: 3.8 mi
- Franklin County Recreation Park: 5.7 mi
- Lynch Park: 5.9 mi
- Veterans Park: 6.0 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Park\: 6.8 mi
- Beech Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Haw Patch Hill: 2.5 mi
- Cooks Knob: 3.1 mi
- Brier Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Brown Hill: 4.7 mi
- Patrick Henry Monument: 19.6 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 22.8 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 23.6 mi
- Rorer Hall: 24.7 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 24.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 4.0 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 10.5 mi
- Caboose: 14.0 mi
- Virginia Museum of Natural History: 16.5 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 20.3 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 12.2 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 14.8 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 22.1 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 22.5 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 15.7 mi
- One Clear View: 19.9 mi
- Roanoke Star: 23.3 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 24.8 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 24.8 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 23.7 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 24.4 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 24.6 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 24.8 mi
- White Falls: 12.0 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 18.8 mi
- Camp Creek: 18.9 mi
- Brush: 19.0 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 23.4 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 24.5 mi
- Calico Rock: 9.1 mi
- Cracker Point: 13.5 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Thornton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahas Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,083 m | 14.5 mi |
| Pocket Ridge | W 259° | 985 m | 17.0 mi |
| Bent Mountain | NNW 332° | 975 m | 18.2 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | NNW 333° | 972 m | 18.2 mi |
| Masons Knob | NNW 346° | 961 m | 18.5 mi |
| The Haycocks | W 262° | 955 m | 17.3 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | NNW 338° | 935 m | 19.1 mi |
| Gabes Knob | SW 224° | 908 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
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 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rocky MT, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356566549
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 25 mi
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