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Bent Mountain

Bent Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates37.44706, -80.97592

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 54
  • 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
Ghost towns: 7
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 6
  • 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
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Falls of Dismal: 18.5 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Cascades: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Brooks Falls: 19.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Bluefield Love Sign: 21.1 mi
Attractions: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Bent Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Butt MountainESE 105°1,282 m20.1 mi
Lookoff RockESE 106°1,256 m20.4 mi
Buckhorn KnobS 181°1,239 m10.7 mi
Sugar Run MountainSSE 154°1,238 m15.3 mi
Flat Top MountainSSE 158°1,179 m15.4 mi
Jesses KnobS 181°1,164 m10.0 mi
Pearis MountainSE 129°1,148 m15.2 mi
Angels RestSE 127°1,105 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:36
June solstice06:0420:1020:49
September equinox07:1218:4819:23
December solstice07:3516:2917:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542536167717063534436

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356515373

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