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Breathed Mountain

Breathed Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Breathed Mountain rises to 1,173 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the southwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Coal Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 23 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31511648, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1173 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.99483, -79.36421

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 30
Waterfalls: 7
Cliffs: 7
  • Lower Slabs: 11.0 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 11.1 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 11.2 mi
  • Southern Pillar: 11.2 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 12.4 mi
Springs: 6
  • Bubbling Springs: 5.7 mi
  • Ernest Carr Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Lorraine Burke Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Harlan Irons Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Pat Spring: 21.2 mi
Historic sites: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 11.0 mi
  • Seneca Caverns: 16.1 mi
  • Moorefield Historic District: 21.8 mi
  • Treasure Mountain: 22.5 mi
  • Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bear Haven Day Use Area: 17.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Breathed Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Porte CrayonSW 227°1,452 m6.7 mi
Green KnobSSW 213°1,424 m7.9 mi
Haystack KnobSSW 213°1,376 m7.4 mi
Weiss KnobW 269°1,359 m3.5 mi
Job KnobSW 224°1,353 m12.2 mi
Brierpatch MountainSW 230°1,348 m11.0 mi
Bald KnobWNW 285°1,332 m3.5 mi
Cabin MountainWNW 283°1,331 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5419:30
June solstice05:5320:0720:47
September equinox07:0618:4119:16
December solstice07:3416:1716:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475663666559493830
Precip in4.84.54.94.95.45.45.84.43.93.73.74.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canaan Valley #2, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356524701

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