Ghost town · West Virginia
Stringtown
Stringtown is a ghost town in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 872 m. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the south-southeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Ridge, a peak 1.0 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 20 miles off.
Ghost town in Tucker County, West Virginia
How to reach it
Coordinates38.98890, -79.47360
- 20.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 22.5 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 23.8 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 25.5 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Flat Ridge: 1.0 mi
- Chimney Rock: 2.0 mi
- Weiss Knob: 2.4 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.8 mi
- Cabin Mountain: 3.1 mi
Parks: 36
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 9.3 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.3 mi
- Davis Riverfront Park: 9.6 mi
- Davis Park: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Elakala Falls: 8.3 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 8.6 mi
- Douglas Falls: 9.6 mi
- Albert Falls: 10.0 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 11.8 mi
Springs: 6
- Bubbling Springs: 1.9 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 13.4 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 14.5 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 14.7 mi
- Pat Spring: 15.7 mi
Historic sites: 6
- Historic Coke Ovens: 10.1 mi
- Stony River Dam: 13.9 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 15.6 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 20.8 mi
- Wilson Monument: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Lower Slabs: 12.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 12.2 mi
- Southern Pillar: 12.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 15.0 mi
- Baker Rocks: 24.2 mi
Museums: 4
- Sites Homestead: 11.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 12.0 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 20.8 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Mill Run: 4.3 mi
- Smoke Hole: 13.7 mi
- Kempton: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 3
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 8.9 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 16.2 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 24.6 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 2.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 1
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Stringtown. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | SSE 167° | 1,452 m | 4.2 mi |
| Green Knob | SSE 166° | 1,424 m | 6.4 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SSE 162° | 1,376 m | 6.1 mi |
| Weiss Knob | E 82° | 1,359 m | 2.4 mi |
| Job Knob | SSW 198° | 1,353 m | 8.7 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,348 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | ENE 62° | 1,332 m | 2.8 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,331 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 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, 2 mi away.
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