Big Mountain
Big Mountain rises to 722 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bulls Head, a peak 1.7 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 25 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31499828, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 722 m
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 28.9 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
Named places within 25 miles
- Bulls Head: 1.7 mi
- Dayton Knob: 1.8 mi
- Chimney Top: 3.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 3.5 mi
- New Creek Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Echo Park: 2.0 mi
- Petersburg City Park: 4.2 mi
- Michael Brothers Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
- Welton Park: 6.4 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- Baker Rocks: 9.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 10.9 mi
- Lower Slabs: 12.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 12.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 12.9 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 18.5 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 18.8 mi
- Elakala Falls: 19.0 mi
- Douglas Falls: 20.5 mi
- Albert Falls: 20.7 mi
- Stony River Dam: 13.1 mi
- Stony River Dam: 13.1 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 20.7 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 20.7 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 21.4 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 14.9 mi
- Hall Spring: 21.6 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 21.6 mi
- Sand Spring: 21.7 mi
- Shenandoah Alum Springs: 23.7 mi
- Smoke Hole: 8.8 mi
- Stringtown: 15.0 mi
- Mill Run: 19.1 mi
- Kempton: 22.8 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 14.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 17.4 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 19.2 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 19.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 14.0 mi
- Lost River State Park: 16.4 mi
- Sites Homestead: 13.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 13.2 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Big Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | W 260° | 1,452 m | 14.2 mi |
| Green Knob | WSW 251° | 1,424 m | 14.1 mi |
| Haystack Knob | WSW 252° | 1,376 m | 13.6 mi |
| Weiss Knob | W 279° | 1,359 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 284° | 1,332 m | 12.8 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,331 m | 12.3 mi |
| Cabin | WNW 290° | 1,304 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bear Rocks | NW 324° | 1,222 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:16 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524689
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