Bens Hill
Bens Hill rises to 716 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the east, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Ben's Ridge, a peak 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31496798, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 716 m
How to reach it
- 27.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 28 mi
- Hogback Overlook · 28 mi
- Rattlesnake Point Overlook · 28 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ben's Ridge: 0.4 mi
- Chimney Rock: 1.5 mi
- Buck Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Bollinger Knob: 1.6 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Trout Pond Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Baker Park: 5.1 mi
- J. Allen Hawkins Community Park: 10.0 mi
- Mathias Community Center: 10.7 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 13.1 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 13.1 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 13.4 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 13.6 mi
- Main Street of Yesteryear: 18.3 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 3.1 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 4.0 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 4.1 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 4.5 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 6.0 mi
- Collie Grave: 6.2 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 8.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Indian Grave: 21.3 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 21.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 4.6 mi
- Markley Rocks: 6.8 mi
- Helmick Rock: 10.7 mi
- Three High Heads: 12.2 mi
- Dog Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Bryce Resort: 11.4 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 14.7 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 18.3 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 24.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 25.0 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 7.0 mi
- Mountain Falls: 20.2 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 23.1 mi
- Lost River State Park: 10.5 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 13.3 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 24.9 mi
- Old grape garden: 6.2 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 12.8 mi
- Cootie Bug: 18.4 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 18.4 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 19.4 mi
- Pavilian: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Bens Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | E 89° | 1,006 m | 4.6 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | SSW 193° | 995 m | 3.4 mi |
| Sugar Knob | E 91° | 976 m | 5.7 mi |
| Long Mountain | SSE 168° | 951 m | 1.8 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | E 98° | 951 m | 6.2 mi |
| Snyder Knob | SW 222° | 936 m | 4.5 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | ENE 76° | 910 m | 8.5 mi |
| Cove Mountain | SW 223° | 898 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:14 | 16:57 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost RVR, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1553859 — Bens Hill, Hardy County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524660
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