Calders Peak
Calders Peak rises to 981 m in West Virginia. Wind Rock stands 1,246 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bickett Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Calders Peak is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 3,219 feet (981 m), Calders Peak is the 274th highest summit in the state of West Virginia. The summit was named for Alexander Calder, who erected an observation tower here.
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Wikidata Q23950349, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 981 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 14.7 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bickett Knob: 1.4 mi
- Patricks Peak: 4.0 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Wolf Creek Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Pynes Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District: 3.0 mi
- Alderson Athletic Field: 8.1 mi
- Alderson Recreation Area: 8.9 mi
- Pence Springs Hotel Historic District: 9.0 mi
- John Henry Historical Park: 10.5 mi
- Egypt: 8.0 mi
- Whitcomb: 13.9 mi
- Junta: 15.7 mi
- Warford: 18.6 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 18.7 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 7.7 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 15.2 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 17.3 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 17.4 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 17.5 mi
- Organ Cave: 10.6 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 16.7 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 17.7 mi
- The Bunker: 19.0 mi
- Keffer Oak: 21.5 mi
- Coffman Hill: 14.6 mi
- Barney's Wall: 17.1 mi
- Barneys Wall: 17.1 mi
- Bear Cliff: 17.9 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 18.0 mi
- Big Spring: 14.7 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 14.8 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 18.6 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 18.8 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 18.9 mi
- Cascades: 17.1 mi
- Middle Cascades: 19.1 mi
- The Cascades: 19.2 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 19.2 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 20.4 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 17.1 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 18.4 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 19.3 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 19.9 mi
- World War II Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 18.2 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 17.7 mi
- Brooks Falls: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Calders Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Rock | SSE 167° | 1,246 m | 14.3 mi |
| Wrights Peak | SSE 162° | 1,242 m | 10.0 mi |
| Brushy Top | S 184° | 1,236 m | 15.5 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | SSE 162° | 1,232 m | 15.0 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,231 m | 15.0 mi |
| Minie Ball Hill | SSE 166° | 1,197 m | 14.8 mi |
| Keeney Knob | NNW 328° | 1,195 m | 12.9 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,192 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union 3 SSE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 2105284 — Calders Peak, Monroe County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356539308
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