Ghost town · West Virginia
Smoke Hole
Smoke Hole is a ghost town in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 408 m. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cave Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away.
Ghost town in Pendleton County, West Virginia
How to reach it
Coordinates38.85722, -79.28333
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Cave Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Champe Rocks: 2.8 mi
- High Knob: 2.9 mi
- Champe Knobs: 3.2 mi
- Skidmore Mountain: 4.3 mi
Parks: 28
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 6.4 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Ruddle Park: 8.6 mi
Springs: 8
- Bubbling Springs: 14.7 mi
- Hall Spring: 16.4 mi
- Sand Spring: 17.1 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 18.1 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Eagle Rock: 2.3 mi
- Lower Slabs: 4.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 4.8 mi
- Southern Pillar: 4.8 mi
- Baker Rocks: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Falls of Seneca: 11.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 13.5 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 13.6 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 20.7 mi
- Elakala Falls: 20.8 mi
Attractions: 4
- Seneca Caverns: 8.6 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 12.2 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 21.2 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 22.2 mi
Historic sites: 3
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 13.3 mi
- Stony River Dam: 19.4 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 22.7 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 14.2 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Lost River State Park: 21.2 mi
Museums: 2
- Sites Homestead: 5.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 5.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Stringtown: 13.7 mi
- Mill Run: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 19.8 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Smoke Hole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | WNW 298° | 1,452 m | 10.5 mi |
| Green Knob | WNW 288° | 1,424 m | 9.1 mi |
| Haystack Knob | WNW 291° | 1,376 m | 8.9 mi |
| Kisamore Hill | WSW 256° | 1,289 m | 9.9 mi |
| High Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,287 m | 11.2 mi |
| Breathed Mountain | NNW 335° | 1,173 m | 10.5 mi |
| Coal Knob | NNW 330° | 1,148 m | 10.4 mi |
| Smith Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,087 m | 5.9 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 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 13 mi away.
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