Beech Mountain
Beech Mountain rises to 1,083 m in West Virginia. Cheat Mountain stands 1,481 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Knob, a peak 1.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 8.8 miles off. 133 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31495110, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,083 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 14.0 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 16.2 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 17.3 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 23 mi
133 named places within 25 miles
- Round Knob: 1.8 mi
- Blue Rock Knob: 2.5 mi
- Buck Knob: 2.6 mi
- Whitman Knob: 3.2 mi
- Turkeybone Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Huttonsville Park: 9.0 mi
- Huttonsville Farm Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
- George Ward Elementary School Park: 9.8 mi
- Mill Creek City Park: 10.1 mi
- Beckys Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 16.3 mi
- Wilson Monument: 21.3 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 21.7 mi
- Powerhouse: 22.4 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 11.0 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 11.5 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 15.6 mi
- High Falls: 20.5 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 14.4 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 18.3 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 23.2 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 24.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 3.6 mi
- Hanging Rock: 16.2 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 18.8 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 15.9 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 16.2 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 22.8 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 23.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 17.1 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 24.6 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beech Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheat Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,481 m | 17.5 mi |
| Tygart Valley North | SSE 152° | 1,457 m | 15.9 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | SE 143° | 1,433 m | 15.0 mi |
| Snyder Knob | SE 135° | 1,432 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mace Knob | SSE 156° | 1,425 m | 16.7 mi |
| Ward Knob | SE 139° | 1,385 m | 14.2 mi |
| Sharp Knob | S 185° | 1,379 m | 17.0 mi |
| Crouch Knob | SE 126° | 1,374 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 39 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pickens 2 N, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1535544 — Beech Mountain, Randolph County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356515325
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 23 mi
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