- Elevation
- 1,058 m
- Tallest summit within 12.4 miles
- Mount Porte Crayon1,452 m · 5.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike24.3 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:47local time
- Coordinates
- 38.8696, -79.3948
Potomac Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded 1,058 m. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 24 miles off.
- Elevation
- 1058 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Potomac Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | NW 321° | 1,452 m | 5.3 mi |
| Green Knob | NW 307° | 1,424 m | 3.4 mi |
| Haystack Knob | NW 316° | 1,376 m | 3.4 mi |
| Horse Rock | SW 215° | 1,374 m | 9.9 mi |
| Weiss Knob | NNW 348° | 1,359 m | 8.8 mi |
| Job Knob | W 269° | 1,353 m | 6.9 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,348 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | N 350° | 1,332 m | 9.7 mi |
- 24.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg TurnpikeNational
- 25.9 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 30.0 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Smith Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 2.8 mi
- Haystack Knob: 3.4 mi
- Green Knob: 3.4 mi
- Harper Knob: 3.7 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Ruddle Park: 10.8 mi
- Echo Park: 12.3 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 12.4 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 10.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 14.8 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 16.2 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 16.7 mi
- Pat Spring: 17.7 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 6.3 mi
- Small waterfall: 9.1 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 9.3 mi
- Elakala Falls: 17.4 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 17.5 mi
- Lower Slabs: 2.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 2.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 2.9 mi
- Southern Pillar: 3.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.3 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 9.2 mi
- Stony River Dam: 19.2 mi
- Stony River Dam: 19.2 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 19.3 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 19.3 mi
- Smoke Hole: 6.1 mi
- Stringtown: 9.3 mi
- Mill Run: 12.9 mi
- Kempton: 23.8 mi
- Sites Homestead: 2.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 2.7 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 24.8 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 7.4 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 15.4 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 17.9 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 10.6 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 16.0 mi
- Locust Springs: 23.8 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 24.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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, 11 mi away.
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