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Whiterock Mountain

Whiterock Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Whiterock Mountain rises to 1,218 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the west, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Flattop Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49089617, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1218 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.93456, -81.77817

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 22
Historic sites: 9
Museums: 6
Artworks: 4
Springs: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Straight Branch Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Whiterock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beartown MountainW 266°1,429 m6.5 mi
Flattop MountainENE 69°1,379 m0.7 mi
Morris KnobNE 48°1,358 m11.9 mi
Redrock MountainWSW 241°1,345 m1.8 mi
Brushy MountainN 356°1,323 m1.7 mi
Peak 4300W 278°1,311 m4.8 mi
Brumley MountainWSW 245°1,287 m16.1 mi
Knob MountainNE 48°1,270 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:0920:1220:51
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3716:3417:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536270737267554437
Precip in3.83.84.34.34.34.45.14.53.53.03.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1500313 — Whiterock Mountain, Smyth County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356587079

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