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Calders Peak

Calders Peak, seen from above at true elevation

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q23950349, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
981 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.61500, -80.57972

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 33
  • 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
Ghost towns: 9
Museums: 6
  • 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
Attractions: 6
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 6
  • 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
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cascades: 17.1 mi
  • Middle Cascades: 19.1 mi
  • The Cascades: 19.2 mi
  • Beaverdam Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 20.4 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Historic sites: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Udderly Chic(k): 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wind RockSSE 167°1,246 m14.3 mi
Wrights PeakSSE 162°1,242 m10.0 mi
Brushy TopS 184°1,236 m15.5 mi
Lone Pine PeakSSE 162°1,232 m15.0 mi
Salt Pond MountainSSE 162°1,231 m15.0 mi
Minie Ball HillSSE 166°1,197 m14.8 mi
Keeney KnobNNW 328°1,195 m12.9 mi
Fork MountainSSE 156°1,192 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:34
June solstice06:0220:0920:48
September equinox07:1118:4619:21
December solstice07:3416:2717:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543536169727165544336
Precip in2.72.33.33.54.63.83.83.33.62.62.52.9

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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