Ghost town · West Virginia
Mill Run
Mill Run is a ghost town in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 580 m. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the southeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mozark Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 17 miles off.
Ghost town in Tucker County, West Virginia
How to reach it
Coordinates39.01470, -79.54670
- 17.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 19.7 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 21.2 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 22.3 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mozark Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Pointy Knob: 2.8 mi
- Canaan Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Chimney Rock: 3.2 mi
- Shavers Mountain: 3.2 mi
Parks: 41
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Fernow Experimental Forest: 7.2 mi
- Nursery Bottom: 8.5 mi
- Mill Race: 8.8 mi
- River City Park: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Elakala Falls: 6.9 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 7.6 mi
- Douglas Falls: 7.7 mi
- Albert Falls: 8.0 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 13.9 mi
Springs: 6
- Bubbling Springs: 4.3 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 10.3 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 11.3 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 12.8 mi
- Pat Spring: 13.8 mi
Historic sites: 6
- Historic Coke Ovens: 8.3 mi
- Stony River Dam: 15.7 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 17.5 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 17.6 mi
- Wilson Monument: 18.6 mi
Museums: 5
- Sites Homestead: 15.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 15.6 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 17.5 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 21.4 mi
- Generation Museum: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Lower Slabs: 15.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 15.8 mi
- Southern Pillar: 15.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Stringtown: 4.3 mi
- Kempton: 13.7 mi
- Smoke Hole: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 3
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 7.5 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 19.3 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 24.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 5.2 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 1
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Mill Run. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | SE 141° | 1,452 m | 7.7 mi |
| Green Knob | SE 146° | 1,424 m | 9.7 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SE 142° | 1,376 m | 9.6 mi |
| Weiss Knob | ESE 103° | 1,359 m | 6.4 mi |
| Job Knob | S 173° | 1,353 m | 10.2 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | S 170° | 1,348 m | 8.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 94° | 1,332 m | 6.4 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | E 96° | 1,331 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins 21 ENE, 4 mi away.
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