Burner Mountain
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Burner Mountain rises to 1,309 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Hidden Meadows, a park 2.3 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 2.5 miles off. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Burner Mountain is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 4,295 feet (1,309 m), it is the 56th highest summit in the state of West Virginia. Burner Mountain most likely was named after Abraham Burner, a local pioneer settler. The Camp Bartow Historic District, and celebrated inn "Travellers' Repose", are at the foot of the mountain.
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Wikidata Q31519576, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,309 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 3.6 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 4.5 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 6.2 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 28 mi
130 named places within 25 miles
- Rough Knob: 3.6 mi
- Round Knob: 3.7 mi
- Smoke Camp Knob: 3.7 mi
- Fork Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Frank Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 2.3 mi
- Widney Park: 4.1 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 5.1 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 3.6 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Powerhouse: 15.4 mi
- Boiler House: 15.4 mi
- Cass: 15.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 4.6 mi
- Locust Spring: 6.1 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 13.6 mi
- Pat Spring: 19.6 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 20.2 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 11.4 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 15.3 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 18.6 mi
- Highland County Museum: 22.5 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 23.7 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 12.5 mi
- High Falls: 12.8 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 18.2 mi
- Small waterfall: 18.4 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 21.4 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 12.9 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 13.0 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 15.4 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 18.9 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 23.2 mi
- Locust Springs: 6.1 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 21.7 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 24.0 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 5.2 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 24.9 mi
- Gertrude: 5.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 17.7 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 21.8 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burner Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | ENE 57° | 1,482 m | 14.3 mi |
| Tygart Valley North | WSW 238° | 1,457 m | 15.4 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | WSW 242° | 1,433 m | 13.1 mi |
| Snyder Knob | WSW 252° | 1,432 m | 11.8 mi |
| Pharis Knob | NNE 33° | 1,410 m | 12.7 mi |
| Elleber Knob | S 171° | 1,401 m | 11.8 mi |
| Watering Pond Knob | SSE 166° | 1,396 m | 11.0 mi |
| Kile Knob | E 82° | 1,395 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523358
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