Big Mountain
Big Mountain rises to 784 m in West Virginia. Green Knob stands 1,424 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1550300).
Wikidata Q31499892, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 784 m
How to reach it
- 28.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 29.5 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 0.9 mi
- High Knob: 3.0 mi
- Tract Hill: 4.0 mi
- Harper Knob: 4.1 mi
- Cave Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Ruddle Park: 4.1 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 8.7 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 10.3 mi
- Hall Spring: 13.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 14.3 mi
- Sand Spring: 14.9 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 17.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 20.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.5 mi
- Southern Pillar: 4.3 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 4.3 mi
- Lower Slabs: 4.4 mi
- Raven Rocks: 12.2 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 10.0 mi
- Small waterfall: 10.9 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 10.9 mi
- Elakala Falls: 24.1 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 24.2 mi
- Smoke Hole: 4.7 mi
- Stringtown: 16.3 mi
- Mill Run: 20.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 4.8 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 24.6 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 17.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 20.4 mi
- Lost River State Park: 23.8 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 20.0 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 22.3 mi
- Locust Springs: 23.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 4.6 mi
- Sites Homestead: 4.7 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 10.5 mi
- Stony River Dam: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Big Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Knob | NW 315° | 1,424 m | 10.5 mi |
| Haystack Knob | NW 318° | 1,376 m | 10.5 mi |
| Horse Rock | WSW 256° | 1,374 m | 10.7 mi |
| Kisamore Hill | WNW 284° | 1,289 m | 8.5 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | SW 222° | 1,243 m | 8.2 mi |
| High Knob | NNW 330° | 1,151 m | 3.0 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,087 m | 7.8 mi |
| North Fork Peak | N 11° | 1,083 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523244
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