1971 Plane Crash Site
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
- 19.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 20.8 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 20.9 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 22.4 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Horse Rock: 0.8 mi
- Mallow Knob: 2.7 mi
- Ketterman Knob: 4.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Kisamore Hill: 4.5 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Ruddle Park: 11.2 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 12.5 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 13.5 mi
- 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
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 0.6 mi
- Small waterfall: 0.7 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 3.8 mi
- High Falls: 15.0 mi
- Elakala Falls: 23.7 mi
- 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
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 8.2 mi
- Sites Homestead: 8.4 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 21.0 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 21.9 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 24.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 8.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 8.5 mi
- Lower Slabs: 8.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 11.9 mi
- Raven Rocks: 14.4 mi
- Smoke Hole: 13.3 mi
- Stringtown: 15.6 mi
- Gertrude: 16.8 mi
- Mill Run: 17.5 mi
- Wilson Monument: 20.6 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 21.3 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 21.6 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 22.0 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 17.7 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 20.8 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 23.7 mi
- Locust Springs: 14.6 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 15.1 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of 1971 Plane Crash Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | SSW 203° | 1,482 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Porte Crayon | NNE 11° | 1,452 m | 11.6 mi |
| Green Knob | NNE 17° | 1,424 m | 9.7 mi |
| Pharis Knob | WSW 257° | 1,410 m | 7.1 mi |
| Kile Knob | S 175° | 1,395 m | 10.3 mi |
| Haystack Knob | NNE 19° | 1,376 m | 10.2 mi |
| Horse Rock | S 188° | 1,374 m | 0.8 mi |
| Job Knob | N 350° | 1,353 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1103269732
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