Ale Mountain
Ale Mountain rises to 924 m in West Virginia. Panther Knob stands 1,371 m to the west-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Eye Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31463651, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 924 m
How to reach it
- 18.2 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 18.4 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 25.9 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 28.7 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Eye Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mill Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Mitchell Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Frye Knob: 3.2 mi
- High Knob: 4.0 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 7.8 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 8.4 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 10.5 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 11.2 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 7.0 mi
- Hiner Spring: 8.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 12.4 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 16.6 mi
- Locust Spring: 16.7 mi
- Raven Rocks: 8.8 mi
- Trinity Point: 22.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 23.2 mi
- Byrd Point: 23.4 mi
- Southern Pillar: 23.4 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 10.7 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 12.5 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 12.7 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 20.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 22.4 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 8.0 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 12.4 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 13.3 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 13.7 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 14.9 mi
- Highland County Museum: 13.0 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 13.3 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 22.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 23.6 mi
- Sites Homestead: 23.7 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 11.0 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 12.9 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 16.7 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 19.3 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 22.2 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 24.8 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 20.6 mi
- Small waterfall: 20.9 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Ale Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Knob | WNW 303° | 1,371 m | 8.9 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,370 m | 10.4 mi |
| Reddish Knob | ESE 109° | 1,338 m | 6.6 mi |
| Flagpole Knob | E 83° | 1,336 m | 9.5 mi |
| Barren Rock | WSW 236° | 1,335 m | 9.5 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | E 83° | 1,332 m | 9.3 mi |
| Freezland Flat | S 172° | 1,325 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bother Knob | E 83° | 1,323 m | 8.0 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 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524623
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