Black Oak Mountain
Black Oak Mountain rises to 995 m in West Virginia. Hutchinson Rock stands 1,348 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31715721, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 995 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 8.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 18.4 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 7 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Knob: 1.2 mi
- Browning Lambert Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Pinnacle: 6.3 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 6.7 mi
- Coaldale Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Glenwood Park: 2.2 mi
- Clay Memorial Park and Cemetery: 3.4 mi
- Princeton City Park Walking Trails: 3.6 mi
- Princeton Youth Park: 3.7 mi
- Princeton Recreation Center: 4.0 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 18.5 mi
- Lilly: 18.9 mi
- Warford: 19.3 mi
- Pickshin: 19.3 mi
- Junta: 21.6 mi
- Stone Arch: 3.5 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 4.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.2 mi
- This Way: 15.9 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 18.3 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 4.3 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 5.3 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 5.3 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 24.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 6.9 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 11.3 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 12.1 mi
- City Garden: 3.7 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 9.2 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 19.7 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 22.2 mi
- Sharon Springs: 22.3 mi
- High Point: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Black Oak Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Rock | SW 214° | 1,348 m | 21.7 mi |
| East River Mountain | SW 223° | 1,331 m | 18.8 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SW 223° | 1,304 m | 18.1 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | SSW 195° | 1,270 m | 18.8 mi |
| Short Mountain | SW 223° | 1,258 m | 20.0 mi |
| Ghost Knob | SSW 213° | 1,250 m | 20.5 mi |
| Gose Knob | SSW 204° | 1,244 m | 17.4 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | ESE 114° | 1,239 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:30 | 17:11 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluefield Mercer CO AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1550372 — Black Oak Mountain, Mercer County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523256
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