Buckhannon Mountain
Buckhannon Mountain rises to 541 m in West Virginia. Turkeybone Mountain stands 1,132 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.3 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 2.4 miles off. 145 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31515425, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 541 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 18.1 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 18.1 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 22.4 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
145 named places within 25 miles
- Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
- Boat Dock: 1.7 mi
- Upshur County Recreational Park: 5.8 mi
- Gerald L. Scott Memorial Boat Ramp: 6.1 mi
- Buckhannon City Park: 6.7 mi
- Pine Knob: 2.8 mi
- Purgatory Hill: 4.1 mi
- Wolf Fork Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Wilson Knob: 5.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.1 mi
- Upshur War Monument: 6.7 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 8.2 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 8.2 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 8.2 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 8.3 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 8.4 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 8.5 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 11.1 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 8.3 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 19.3 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 17.0 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 19.6 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 21.1 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 7.5 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 7.9 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 16.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 19.2 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 6.7 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 16.6 mi
- Bulltown: 16.7 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buckhannon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkeybone Mountain | SSE 159° | 1,132 m | 24.2 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | SE 144° | 1,113 m | 21.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SSE 150° | 1,083 m | 23.0 mi |
| Bee Knob | SSE 163° | 1,082 m | 24.8 mi |
| Round Knob | SSE 154° | 1,073 m | 24.0 mi |
| High Germany Knob | SE 140° | 1,065 m | 19.5 mi |
| Pisgah Knob | SSE 166° | 1,018 m | 24.7 mi |
| Nettle Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,011 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buckhannon, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1728526 — Buckhannon Mountain, Lewis County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356536137
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 7 mi
- Weston · 9 mi
- Clarksburg · 22 mi
- Bridgeport · 24 mi
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