- Elevation, modelled
- 749 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- High Knob1,288 m · 6.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Coal Heritage Trail - VA2.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:54local time
- Coordinates
- 36.9738, -82.5655
Picnic Grounds is a picnic site in Virginia, at a modelled 749 m. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the south-southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Statue of Thomas Jefferson, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 2.0 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picnic Grounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | SSW 212° | 1,288 m | 6.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,259 m | 18.6 mi |
| The Doubles | WSW 255° | 1,247 m | 17.8 mi |
| Eagle Knob | SSW 202° | 1,196 m | 6.0 mi |
| Camp Rock | SSW 203° | 1,188 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,130 m | 7.4 mi |
| Potato Hill | WSW 251° | 1,123 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bowling Knob | SW 222° | 1,075 m | 18.5 mi |
- 2.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 14.1 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 13.6 mi off the Country Music HighwayNational
- 21.7 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Flag Rock Overlook · 5 mi
- Twin Cliffs Overlook · 13 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 21 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 21 mi
132 named places within 25 miles
- Guest Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Pickem Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Robinson Knob: 5.8 mi
- Eagle Knob: 6.0 mi
- Brushy Knob: 6.5 mi
- Arrowhead Park: 0.6 mi
- Veldon D. Dotson Recreation Park: 1.9 mi
- Fairgrounds: 2.2 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 2.9 mi
- Locust Avenue Park: 4.1 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 13.0 mi
- Pound Gap: 13.0 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 13.0 mi
- Wise County: 13.0 mi
- Francis Gary Powers: 17.5 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 13.6 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center: 13.6 mi
- June Tolliver House: 13.6 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 13.8 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 14.1 mi
- Spearhead Trails: 4.6 mi
- Devil's Bathtub: 12.0 mi
- Train: 19.4 mi
- Portal 30: 19.4 mi
- Portal 31: 19.4 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 23.6 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 0.4 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 5.1 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 17.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:37 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wise 1SE, under a mile away.
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