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Big Bend Mountain

Big Bend Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Big Bend Mountain rises to 791 m in West Virginia. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the north-northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is John Henry Historical Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 6.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31498875, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
791 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.66206, -80.78369

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 51
  • John Henry Historical Park: 1.3 mi
  • Hilldale-Talcott Ruritan Club John Henry Park: 1.3 mi
  • Pence Springs Hotel Historic District: 3.7 mi
  • Bellepoint Park: 5.6 mi
  • Bluestone Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Museums: 9
  • Veteran's Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Hinton Railroad Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Second Creek Mill: 17.9 mi
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 21.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • World War II Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 21.4 mi
  • Beckley Mill Site: 21.5 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Sandstone Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Cascades: 23.3 mi
Attractions: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Brooks Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 23.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Big Bend Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keeney KnobNNE 29°1,195 m8.8 mi
Red Spring MountainNNE 24°1,169 m8.9 mi
Sassafras KnobNNE 17°1,116 m6.6 mi
Ballengee KnobNNE 12°1,095 m6.2 mi
Elk KnobN 1°1,078 m4.3 mi
Bald KnobN 9°1,047 m5.7 mi
Freezeland MountainWNW 291°1,040 m10.0 mi
Bickett KnobE 100°1,014 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:35
June solstice06:0320:1020:49
September equinox07:1218:4719:22
December solstice07:3516:2817:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343745556472757468564537
Precip in3.12.93.73.74.63.84.23.63.12.62.43.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluestone Lake, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356515488

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