Young Monument
Young Monument is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 660 m. Snakeden Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Corren Knob, a peak 4.0 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 660 m
How to reach it
- 19.7 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 25.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 29.2 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 29 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Corren Knob: 4.0 mi
- Barnette Hill: 6.2 mi
- Fox Knob: 7.0 mi
- Little Birch Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Wildcat Knob: 8.9 mi
- Tioga Community Park: 7.4 mi
- Nicholas County Veterans Memorial Park: 9.3 mi
- Summersville Lake Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 11.2 mi
- Indian Rocks Community Park: 11.3 mi
- Camden on Gauley Town Park: 11.7 mi
- Circus Wall: 14.3 mi
- Orange Oswald Wall: 14.3 mi
- Narcissus Cave: 14.4 mi
- Satisfaction Wall: 14.4 mi
- Gun Wall: 14.4 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 20.1 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 14.4 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 20.6 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 14.4 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 15.5 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 17.5 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 20.8 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Young Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snakeden Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,169 m | 20.7 mi |
| Briery Knob | ESE 123° | 1,145 m | 20.6 mi |
| Red Oak Knob | ESE 109° | 1,129 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bee Knob | E 94° | 987 m | 19.3 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SE 132° | 962 m | 21.1 mi |
| Bishop Knob | ESE 114° | 954 m | 18.0 mi |
| Payne Knob | E 87° | 945 m | 20.4 mi |
| Cottle Knob | SE 128° | 924 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:25 | 17:06 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gassaway, 15 mi away.
- purple crownvetch8 obs
- Red Clover5 obs
- bird's-foot trefoil4 obs
- Virginia creeper4 obs
- American tuliptree4 obs
- common milkweed3 obs
- Silver-spotted Skipper3 obs
- Red Milkweed Beetle3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523031
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