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Boggs Hightop

Boggs Hightop, seen from above at true elevation

Boggs Hightop rises to 921 m in West Virginia. Wrights Peak stands 1,242 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Jones Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Midland Trail passes 5.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31507783, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
921 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.69790, -80.38285

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
Attractions: 7
Nature reserves: 7
Springs: 6
  • Cove Creek Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Old Sweet Springs: 9.1 mi
  • Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 4
  • Second Creek Mill: 4.5 mi
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Craig County Historical Society: 20.1 mi
  • Alleghany Historical Society: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Middle Cascades: 8.2 mi
  • The Cascades: 8.4 mi
  • Beaverdam Falls: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Udderly Chic(k): 11.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Boggs Hightop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wrights PeakSSW 207°1,242 m17.1 mi
Fork MountainSSW 201°1,192 m17.3 mi
Fork MountainSSW 200°1,190 m17.3 mi
Arnolds KnobS 171°1,186 m14.4 mi
Hanging RockSSW 196°1,153 m13.9 mi
Moteshard MountainS 177°1,136 m14.7 mi
Hanging RockSE 133°1,102 m13.7 mi
Elk KnobS 177°1,038 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5919:34
June solstice06:0120:0820:47
September equinox07:1018:4619:20
December solstice07:3416:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441516067717064534234
Precip in3.02.83.73.74.53.74.13.33.62.72.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — White Sulphur Springs, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1536198 — Boggs Hightop, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356515602

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