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Bland Hills

Bland Hills, seen from above at true elevation

Bland Hills rises to 878 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the west, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Harmon Rocks, a peak 0.7 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31505747, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
878 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.71428, -79.41060

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 27
  • Ruddle Park: 6.4 mi
  • Franklin Town Park: 6.7 mi
  • Thorn Spring Park: 8.1 mi
  • Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.1 mi
  • Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 10.8 mi
Springs: 11
  • Spruce Mountain Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Locust Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Hall Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Sand Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Lorraine Burke Spring: 19.5 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Seneca Caverns: 3.6 mi
  • Treasure Mountain: 9.7 mi
  • Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 19.8 mi
  • Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 20.4 mi
  • Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Southern Pillar: 8.5 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 8.6 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 8.6 mi
  • Raven Rocks: 8.7 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Bland Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce KnobW 261°1,482 m6.7 mi
Kile KnobSSW 210°1,395 m7.8 mi
Horse RockWNW 299°1,374 m5.6 mi
Pike KnobSSW 204°1,308 m3.5 mi
Kisamore HillNNW 340°1,289 m7.9 mi
Harmon RocksS 174°1,243 m0.7 mi
Ruleman MountainSSW 199°1,233 m9.3 mi
Little MountainNNW 332°1,168 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5519:30
June solstice05:5420:0720:47
September equinox07:0618:4119:16
December solstice07:3316:1817:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543526168727064544436
Precip in2.52.13.23.44.23.44.83.53.82.62.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356524694

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