Raven Rocks
Raven Rocks is a cliff in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 973 m. Cheat Mountain stands 1,481 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Knob, a peak 1.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 5.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 973 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 10.4 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 13.7 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 15.8 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 13 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knob: 1.8 mi
- Cherry Knob: 2.2 mi
- Whitman Knob: 2.9 mi
- Beech Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Blue Rock Knob: 4.1 mi
- Huttonsville Park: 6.5 mi
- Huttonsville Farm Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Beckys Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
- George Ward Elementary School Park: 7.6 mi
- Mill Creek City Park: 7.9 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 18.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.2 mi
- Powerhouse: 19.6 mi
- Boiler House: 19.6 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 12.7 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 14.3 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 15.0 mi
- High Falls: 17.9 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 16.7 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 17.8 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 20.7 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 22.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 13.5 mi
- Locust Spring: 23.6 mi
- Pat Spring: 24.0 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 12.7 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 19.0 mi
- Hanging Rock: 19.7 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 22.4 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 22.5 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 25.0 mi
- Gertrude: 15.5 mi
- Locust Springs: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Raven Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheat Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,481 m | 15.2 mi |
| Thorny Benchmark | SSE 166° | 1,481 m | 18.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 152° | 1,476 m | 16.2 mi |
| Tygart Valley North | SSE 162° | 1,457 m | 13.4 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | SSE 153° | 1,433 m | 12.2 mi |
| Snyder Knob | SE 144° | 1,432 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mace Knob | SSE 167° | 1,425 m | 14.5 mi |
| Ward Knob | SSE 148° | 1,385 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 30 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 58 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kumbrabow, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524329
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 25 mi
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