Big Pine Ridge

Big Pine Ridge: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Big Pine Ridge

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Big Pine Ridge — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.21670, -81.53308. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Big Pine Ridge

• Historic Crab Orchard Museum · museum · Tazewell · ~14 km · Must-see
• Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area · lake · McDowell · ~20 km · Must-see
• Beartown Wilderness · sanctuary · Tazewell · ~23 km · Must-see
• Garden Mountain Wilderness · sanctuary · Bland · ~31 km · Must-see
• Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Bland · ~36 km · Must-see
• Jefferson National Forest · sanctuary · Bland · ~36 km · Must-see
• Walker Mountain · viewpoint · Wythe · ~43 km · Must-see
• Hungry Mother State Park · sanctuary · Smyth · ~46 km · Must-see
• WUKZ · attraction · Smyth · ~50 km · Must-see
• Redrock Mountain · viewpoint · Smyth · ~51 km · Must-see
• Bible Way Church · church · Mercer · ~51 km · Must-see
• Kimberling Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Bland · ~52 km · Must-see
• Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Wyoming · ~53 km · Must-see
• Saltville Baptist Church · church · Smyth · ~54 km · Must-see
• Clinch Mountain · viewpoint · Russell · ~55 km · Must-see
• Beartown Mountain · viewpoint · Russell · ~57 km · Must-see
• R. D. Bailey Lake · lake · Wyoming · ~62 km · Must-see
• Raccoon Branch Wilderness · sanctuary · Smyth · ~67 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Big Pine Ridge

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Big Pine Ridge

• Walker Mountain · viewpoint · Wythe · ~43 km · Must-see
• Redrock Mountain · viewpoint · Smyth · ~51 km · Must-see
• Clinch Mountain · viewpoint · Russell · ~55 km · Must-see
• Beartown Mountain · viewpoint · Russell · ~57 km · Must-see
• Flat Top Mountain · viewpoint · Raleigh · ~70 km · Must-see
• Horse Heaven · viewpoint · Wythe · ~74 km · Must-see
• Mount Rogers · viewpoint · Smyth · ~77 km · Must-see
• Horsepen Mountain · viewpoint · Logan · ~78 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Grayson · ~78 km · Must-see
• Tallery Mountain · viewpoint · Summers · ~81 km · Must-see

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