Burning Rock
Burning Rock rises to 912 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Huff Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 12 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31519654, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 912 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 29.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
79 named places within 25 miles
- Huff Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Panther Knob: 4.6 mi
- Buffalo Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Kelly Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Spring Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Gilliland Park: 4.0 mi
- R D Bailey Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Horse Creek Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
- Horse Creek Public Fishing Area: 8.3 mi
- Buffalo Creek Memoral Park: 10.1 mi
- John Cooke Marker: 4.0 mi
- Wyoming County Veterns Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Tridelphia Vietnam War Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Man WV War Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Space Shuttle Memorial: 21.2 mi
- Big Branch Day Use Area: 7.9 mi
- Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 8.1 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
- Chief Logan State Park: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burning Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Knob | ENE 60° | 1,083 m | 13.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NE 56° | 1,037 m | 12.1 mi |
| Pond Knob | NE 47° | 1,011 m | 20.0 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | NE 50° | 1,009 m | 20.5 mi |
| Kopperston Mountain | NE 54° | 993 m | 10.1 mi |
| Boyd Branch Knob | NE 49° | 956 m | 22.7 mi |
| Irish Lick Knob | ENE 58° | 934 m | 21.6 mi |
| Wriston Knob | NE 42° | 889 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:13 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
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 | 32 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceana 2 SE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554033 — Burning Rock, Wyoming County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524736
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