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1971 Plane Crash Site

1971 Plane Crash Site from directly overhead

1971 Plane Crash Site is a historic site in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 1,266 m. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the south-southwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Falls of Seneca Creek, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 19 miles off.

Piper PA-23 N5141Y Oct 1973 crash site. Spruce Knob/Seneca Creek WV

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates38.76409, -79.49869

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 39
Springs: 10
  • Spruce Mountain Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Lorraine Burke Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Ernest Carr Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Pat Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Locust Spring: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Attractions: 7
  • Seneca Caverns: 5.9 mi
  • Treasure Mountain: 15.3 mi
  • Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 21.4 mi
  • Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 22.9 mi
  • Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Southern Pillar: 8.5 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 8.5 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 8.6 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 8.7 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 11.9 mi
Museums: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Wilson Monument: 20.6 mi
  • Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 21.3 mi
  • Camp Bartow Historic Site: 21.6 mi
  • Elkins Roundhouse: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 1
  • H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of 1971 Plane Crash Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce KnobSSW 203°1,482 m4.8 mi
Mount Porte CrayonNNE 11°1,452 m11.6 mi
Green KnobNNE 17°1,424 m9.7 mi
Pharis KnobWSW 257°1,410 m7.1 mi
Kile KnobS 175°1,395 m10.3 mi
Haystack KnobNNE 19°1,376 m10.2 mi
Horse RockS 188°1,374 m0.8 mi
Job KnobN 350°1,353 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5420:0720:47
September equinox07:0618:4219:17
December solstice07:3316:1817:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543526168727064544436
Precip in2.52.13.23.44.23.44.83.53.82.62.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1103269732

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