Seven Mile Ford, Virginia Weather
Seven Mile Ford, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Seven Mile Ford, Smyth County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Seven Mile Ford. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Seven Mile Ford is published on the Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) page, 27 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Seven Mile Ford have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Seven Mile Ford: Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) 32 km · Virginia Highlands Airport (KVJI) 38 km · Ashe County Airport (KGEV) 46 km · Johnson County Airport (K6A4) 47 km
Conditions reported at KMKJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Seven Mile Ford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Seven Mile Ford.
About Seven Mile Ford, Virginia
Seven Mile Ford rests in a deep valley, where the ancient mountains of Southwest Virginia cradle the land with a quiet immensity. It lies 34.4 miles east-north-east of Bristol, TN (from Bristol, TN: bearing 64°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west-south-west of Marion. The terrain is a rich, earthy brown, often softened by a verdant quilt of pasture and forest, a place where the sky feels vast and benevolent, especially in the lingering light of late afternoon. Here, the Clinch River, a serpentine ribbon of cool, clear water, flows with a determined grace, its banks lined with willows and sycamores that whisper secrets to the passing breeze. The air itself carries a certain weight, a blend of damp earth, pine resin, and the distant, sweet scent of hay, a palpable reminder of the agricultural heart that beats within Seven Mile Ford. This region, long a passage for those traversing the Appalachian landscape, carries the echoes of its past in the very contours of the land. The name itself suggests a significant crossing, a place where journeys were made and fortunes were potentially forged or lost. For generations, the fertile soil of Seven Mile Ford has sustained farming communities, and the legacy of that agrarian life is still visible in the patchwork of fields and the sturdy, weathered barns that punctuate the rolling hills. While the economic pulse of Seven Mile Ford has shifted over time, influenced by broader industrial currents, the enduring spirit of resilience and self-sufficiency remains, a quiet testament to the enduring character of this Smyth County locale.
Live animated radar for Seven Mile Ford and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Seven Mile Ford, Smyth County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36.810393°N, 81.629562°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24354 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Seven Mile Ford, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Seven Mile Ford, Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Seven Mile Ford includes coordinates 36.810393°N, 81.629562°W, situated in Smyth County. ZIP code 24354. Telephone area code: 276. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
