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Bunker Hill

Bunker Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bunker Hill rises to 650 m in West Virginia. Butt Mountain stands 1,282 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Junta, a ghost town 1.0 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 2.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31715958, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
650 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.51957, -80.81952

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 35
  • Sherman Ballard Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
  • Bluestone Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
  • Hilldale-Talcott Ruritan Club John Henry Park: 9.1 mi
  • Bellepoint Park: 9.3 mi
  • John Henry Historical Park: 9.5 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Museums: 8
  • Veteran's Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Hinton Railroad Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 11.4 mi
  • Andrew Johnston House: 14.0 mi
  • Princeton Railroad Museum: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Sandstone Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Cascades: 17.0 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Falls of Dismal: 23.5 mi
Historic sites: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Brooks Falls: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Bunker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Butt MountainSE 134°1,282 m15.0 mi
Lookoff RockSE 134°1,256 m15.3 mi
Wrights PeakE 100°1,242 m16.4 mi
Buckhorn KnobSSW 209°1,239 m18.0 mi
Brushy TopSE 126°1,236 m14.9 mi
Doe MountainSE 130°1,211 m17.8 mi
Jesses KnobSSW 210°1,164 m17.4 mi
Pearis MountainSSE 167°1,148 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:35
June solstice06:0320:0920:48
September equinox07:1218:4719:22
December solstice07:3516:2817:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343745556472757468564537
Precip in3.12.93.73.74.63.84.23.63.12.62.43.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluestone Lake, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1536720 — Bunker Hill, Summers County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356515773

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