Cliff · West Virginia
Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock is a cliff in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 449 m. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cave Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 449 m
How to reach it
Coordinates38.82499, -79.29197
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Cave Mountain: 1.9 mi
- High Knob: 2.4 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Big Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 4.0 mi
Parks: 29
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Ruddle Park: 6.3 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 7.1 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
Springs: 8
- Hall Spring: 14.9 mi
- Sand Spring: 15.8 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 16.2 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 16.3 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Lower Slabs: 4.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 4.1 mi
- Southern Pillar: 4.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 4.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Falls of Seneca: 10.7 mi
- Small waterfall: 12.2 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 12.3 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 22.4 mi
- Elakala Falls: 22.5 mi
Historic sites: 5
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 11.9 mi
- Stony River Dam: 21.6 mi
- Stony River Dam: 21.6 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 24.4 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 24.4 mi
Attractions: 4
- Seneca Caverns: 6.7 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 22.9 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Smoke Hole: 2.3 mi
- Stringtown: 15.0 mi
- Mill Run: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 15.8 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Lost River State Park: 22.2 mi
Museums: 2
- Sites Homestead: 4.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 19.6 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Eagle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | NW 309° | 1,452 m | 11.4 mi |
| Green Knob | WNW 302° | 1,424 m | 9.7 mi |
| Haystack Knob | NW 305° | 1,376 m | 9.6 mi |
| Kisamore Hill | W 269° | 1,289 m | 9.1 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | SW 217° | 1,243 m | 10.5 mi |
| Little Mountain | W 271° | 1,168 m | 10.5 mi |
| High Knob | W 277° | 1,151 m | 2.4 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NW 309° | 1,087 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523542
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