Castle Rock
Castle Rock rises to 709 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bulls Head, a peak 0.9 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31536839, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 709 m
How to reach it
- 27.9 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bulls Head: 0.9 mi
- North Fork Peak: 2.0 mi
- Dayton Knob: 3.1 mi
- River Knob: 3.1 mi
- High Knob: 3.2 mi
- Echo Park: 4.3 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 6.5 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Petersburg City Park: 7.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 7.5 mi
- Lower Slabs: 9.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 9.4 mi
- Southern Pillar: 9.5 mi
- Baker Rocks: 12.0 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 13.8 mi
- Hall Spring: 19.6 mi
- Sand Spring: 19.9 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 23.0 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 24.0 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 15.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 18.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 18.2 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 18.5 mi
- Elakala Falls: 18.8 mi
- Smoke Hole: 5.3 mi
- Stringtown: 13.4 mi
- Mill Run: 17.7 mi
- Kempton: 23.5 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 13.8 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 16.6 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 17.4 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 19.1 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 13.0 mi
- Lost River State Park: 18.4 mi
- Stony River Dam: 15.0 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 17.9 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 20.6 mi
- Sites Homestead: 9.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 9.7 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 19.9 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Castle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | W 271° | 1,452 m | 11.7 mi |
| Green Knob | W 261° | 1,424 m | 11.2 mi |
| Haystack Knob | W 262° | 1,376 m | 10.8 mi |
| Weiss Knob | WNW 295° | 1,359 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 299° | 1,332 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,331 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cabin | NW 307° | 1,304 m | 11.1 mi |
| High Mountain | W 268° | 1,287 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1550651 — Castle Rock, Grant County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523403
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