Falls of Dismal
Falls of Dismal is a waterfall in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 672 m. Butt Mountain stands 1,282 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Double Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 15.6 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 18.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 20.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 20 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tate Lohr Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Park: 10.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 11.1 mi
- Pulaski Historic Residential District: 11.2 mi
- Sixth Street Park: 11.4 mi
- Double Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Jenny Knob: 4.5 mi
- Sugar Run Mountain: 5.0 mi
- High Rock: 6.5 mi
- This Way: 12.4 mi
- Stone Arch: 16.9 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.9 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 22.7 mi
- High Point: 6.7 mi
- Barneys Wall: 21.3 mi
- Barney's Wall: 21.3 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 24.2 mi
- Bear Cliff: 24.6 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 12.9 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 13.0 mi
- City Garden: 16.8 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 19.6 mi
- DAK Lights: 13.0 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 20.8 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 22.6 mi
- Modern Art: 22.7 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 13.4 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 16.2 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 16.2 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 16.7 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 23.3 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 20.5 mi
- Junta: 23.1 mi
- Warford: 24.3 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 20.1 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 20.4 mi
- Waterfront: 20.1 mi
- Water Front: 22.3 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 21.7 mi
- Sharon Springs: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Falls of Dismal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butt Mountain | NE 50° | 1,282 m | 19.9 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | WSW 254° | 1,270 m | 21.0 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | NE 51° | 1,256 m | 19.9 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | NNW 330° | 1,239 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,238 m | 5.0 mi |
| Walker Mountain | SW 231° | 1,224 m | 13.9 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,179 m | 4.2 mi |
| Jesses Knob | NNW 332° | 1,164 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:30 | 17:10 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pulaski 2 E, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 428 | 572 | 633 | 502 | 394 | 205 | 138 | 111 | 88.7 | 114 | 176 | 315 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wolf Creek Near Narrows, VA, 9 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/6842541512
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