Raven Rocks
Raven Rocks is a cliff in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 808 m. Pike Knob stands 1,308 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Propst Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 808 m
How to reach it
- 22.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 23.1 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 28.3 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Propst Knob: 0.7 mi
- Middle Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Socrates Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Turkey Knob: 1.8 mi
- Flint Knob: 2.4 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 2.1 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 2.3 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
- Hall Spring: 10.8 mi
- Maple Spring: 11.3 mi
- Sand Spring: 12.5 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 13.3 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 15.6 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 11.1 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 16.0 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 18.2 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 19.8 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 14.4 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 19.4 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 21.2 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 21.4 mi
- Fort Harrison: 24.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 15.5 mi
- Sites Homestead: 15.6 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 20.2 mi
- Highland County Museum: 21.6 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 24.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 14.5 mi
- Southern Pillar: 15.3 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 15.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 15.4 mi
- Lower Slabs: 15.5 mi
- Locust Springs: 18.1 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 19.5 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 21.5 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 22.3 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 15.0 mi
- Small waterfall: 15.2 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 17.0 mi
- Smoke Hole: 16.8 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Raven Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Knob | WNW 298° | 1,308 m | 7.8 mi |
| High Knob | ESE 113° | 1,246 m | 8.2 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | NW 319° | 1,243 m | 8.1 mi |
| Ruleman Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,233 m | 8.6 mi |
| Castle Knob | W 271° | 1,058 m | 6.9 mi |
| Socrates Mountain | SE 137° | 1,032 m | 1.6 mi |
| Castle Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,032 m | 6.2 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NW 323° | 1,004 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524328
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