Canaan Mountain
Canaan Mountain rises to 1,265 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the south-southeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Pointy Knob, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 19 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31530926, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1265 m
How to reach it
- 19.4 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 19.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 22.4 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pointy Knob: 0.0 mi
- Chimney Rock: 1.1 mi
- Flat Ridge: 2.6 mi
- Cooper Knob: 2.8 mi
- Mozark Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Davis Riverfront Park: 7.0 mi
- Tucker Boulder Park: 7.2 mi
- Davis Park: 7.2 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Elakala Falls: 5.3 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 5.8 mi
- Douglas Falls: 6.6 mi
- Albert Falls: 6.9 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 14.7 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 7.1 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 7.1 mi
- Stony River Dam: 13.0 mi
- Stony River Dam: 13.1 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 18.4 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 2.0 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 12.7 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 13.9 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 15.3 mi
- Pat Spring: 16.4 mi
- Sites Homestead: 15.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 15.1 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 20.3 mi
- Generation Museum: 23.8 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 24.1 mi
- Lower Slabs: 15.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 15.3 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 15.3 mi
- Southern Pillar: 15.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 18.0 mi
- Mill Run: 2.8 mi
- Stringtown: 3.1 mi
- Kempton: 12.2 mi
- Smoke Hole: 16.6 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 6.0 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 19.4 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 23.1 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 2.8 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 12.0 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Canaan Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | SSE 162° | 1,452 m | 7.3 mi |
| Green Knob | SSE 162° | 1,424 m | 9.5 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SSE 160° | 1,376 m | 9.3 mi |
| Weiss Knob | SE 124° | 1,359 m | 4.5 mi |
| Job Knob | S 187° | 1,353 m | 11.3 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | S 187° | 1,348 m | 9.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 112° | 1,332 m | 4.1 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,331 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 17:00 |
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 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins 21 ENE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523389
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