Bent Mountain
Bent Mountain rises to 940 m in West Virginia. Butt Mountain stands 1,282 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Athens City Park, a park 2.5 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31496872, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 940 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 18.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 20.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 25.0 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Christian Knob: 4.0 mi
- Hector Knob: 4.3 mi
- Pipestem Knob: 4.7 mi
- Cashs Hill: 4.7 mi
- Clark Knob: 7.0 mi
- Athens City Park: 2.5 mi
- Gardner Center Park: 5.5 mi
- Sherman Ballard Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Princeton City Park: 7.7 mi
- Bluestone National Scenic River: 8.1 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 5.9 mi
- Warford: 7.4 mi
- Junta: 9.0 mi
- Lilly: 9.4 mi
- Pickshin: 19.3 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 8.0 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 8.0 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 8.9 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 15.5 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 16.3 mi
- Stone Arch: 9.8 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 13.1 mi
- World War II Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.1 mi
- This Way: 22.7 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 10.8 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 19.5 mi
- High Point: 17.7 mi
- Barneys Wall: 22.0 mi
- Barney's Wall: 22.0 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 18.5 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 21.7 mi
- City Garden: 9.6 mi
- Brooks Falls: 19.3 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 21.1 mi
- Ship Rock: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Bent Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butt Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,282 m | 20.1 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | ESE 106° | 1,256 m | 20.4 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | S 181° | 1,239 m | 10.7 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,238 m | 15.3 mi |
| Jesses Knob | S 181° | 1,164 m | 10.0 mi |
| Pearis Mountain | SE 129° | 1,148 m | 15.2 mi |
| Angels Rest | SE 127° | 1,105 m | 14.8 mi |
| Huff Knob | NW 322° | 1,088 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
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 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356515373
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