Bent Mountain Falls
Bent Mountain Falls is a waterfall in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 682 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the north-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Creek, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 61 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 7 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 7 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 13 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bent Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Bull Run Knob: 4.7 mi
- Cabes Hill: 5.5 mi
- Poor Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Fishers View Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Piedmont Camp Meeting Grounds Historic District: 2.2 mi
- Shawsville Historic District: 5.5 mi
- Creed Fields Park: 5.6 mi
- Wayside Park: 8.1 mi
- John Lemley Park: 8.3 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Montgomery County Public Safety Monument: 12.6 mi
- Montgomery County War Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Montgomery County Confederate Monument: 12.6 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 11.5 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 12.6 mi
- Caboose: 12.9 mi
- Salem Museum: 14.3 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 15.0 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 9.7 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 14.1 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 13.6 mi
- The Solar Wind: 14.1 mi
- The Rock: 14.2 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 14.5 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 14.9 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 9.4 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 12.7 mi
- One Clear View: 15.6 mi
- Roanoke Star: 16.5 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 16.9 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 13.4 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 15.2 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 16.1 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 16.8 mi
- Cracker Point: 14.8 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 16.8 mi
- Calico Rock: 18.0 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 24.3 mi
- Bear Cliff: 24.9 mi
- Camp Creek: 0.0 mi
- White Falls: 19.4 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 8.8 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 19.0 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 20.1 mi
- Water Front: 23.6 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Bent Mountain Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,141 m | 5.8 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | E 90° | 1,083 m | 9.1 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | N 5° | 998 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bent Mountain | ENE 62° | 975 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | ENE 62° | 972 m | 4.7 mi |
| Masons Knob | ENE 64° | 961 m | 9.1 mi |
| The Haycocks | SSW 195° | 955 m | 17.1 mi |
| Brush Mountain | N 351° | 943 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Hill, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 132 | 170 | 189 | 179 | 146 | 105 | 63.9 | 51.8 | 71.6 | 75.5 | 97.3 | 110 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge S F Roanoke River Near Shawsville, VA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6401570323
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 17 mi
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