Big Mountain
Big Mountain rises to 1,177 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the north-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is River Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 9.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1550301).
Wikidata Q31499871, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,177 m
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 10.4 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 14.5 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 16.4 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- River Hill: 1.6 mi
- Snowy Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Buck Knob: 3.8 mi
- Elk Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Hunting Ground Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 9.0 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.3 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 11.5 mi
- Highland Park: 12.7 mi
- Locust Spring: 4.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 6.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 15.0 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 17.9 mi
- Hiner Spring: 20.3 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 11.9 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 12.4 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 20.7 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 21.6 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 9.1 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 10.5 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 12.4 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 12.6 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 15.2 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 12.4 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 17.7 mi
- Highland County Museum: 18.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 19.6 mi
- Sites Homestead: 19.8 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 12.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 12.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 16.1 mi
- High Falls: 16.9 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 22.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 13.8 mi
- Southern Pillar: 19.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 19.8 mi
- Lower Slabs: 20.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 21.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 4.2 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 16.5 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 22.6 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 24.2 mi
- Gertrude: 13.1 mi
- Smoke Hole: 23.8 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 15.1 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Big Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | NNE 13° | 1,482 m | 7.6 mi |
| Pharis Knob | NNW 342° | 1,410 m | 10.8 mi |
| Kile Knob | ENE 70° | 1,395 m | 4.8 mi |
| Horse Rock | NNE 17° | 1,374 m | 11.7 mi |
| Panther Knob | ESE 118° | 1,371 m | 4.3 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | SSE 147° | 1,370 m | 3.1 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | NW 325° | 1,339 m | 9.3 mi |
| Burner Mountain | W 269° | 1,309 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1550301 — Big Mountain, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523246
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