Belcher Mountain
Belcher Mountain rises to 683 m in West Virginia. Hutchinson Rock stands 1,348 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Kimball World War I Memorial, a historic site 2.0 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 1.3 miles off. 129 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31495361, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 683 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 14.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 15 mi
129 named places within 25 miles
- Martha H. Moore Riverfront Park: 3.9 mi
- Martha Moore Riverfront Park: 3.9 mi
- Linkous Park: 4.0 mi
- Keystone Park: 4.5 mi
- Middletown Park: 4.8 mi
- Shawnee Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Johns Knob: 9.5 mi
- Coaldale Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Hensley Knob: 12.3 mi
- Hickory Knob: 13.1 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Space Shuttle Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Bartley Mine Disaster: 14.3 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 17.0 mi
- Wyoming County Veterns Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 17.8 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 23.2 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 23.6 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 24.5 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 24.5 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 15.6 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 21.1 mi
- Big Branch Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
- Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 17.3 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 19.4 mi
- City Garden: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Belcher Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Rock | SSE 165° | 1,348 m | 25.0 mi |
| East River Mountain | SSE 164° | 1,331 m | 20.6 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SSE 162° | 1,304 m | 20.5 mi |
| Short Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,258 m | 21.3 mi |
| Ghost Knob | SSE 162° | 1,250 m | 24.4 mi |
| Gose Knob | SSE 152° | 1,244 m | 24.7 mi |
| Wynne Peak | S 178° | 1,187 m | 24.7 mi |
| Dial Rock | SSE 168° | 1,148 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkhorn, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1535592 — Belcher Mountain, McDowell County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356515343
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