Champe Rocks
Champe Rocks rises to 701 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the west-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, a park 1.0 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 29 miles off.
The story
Rock formation in West Virginia, US.
Wikidata Q5069940, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 701 m
How to reach it
- 28.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Champe Knobs: 1.1 mi
- Skidmore Mountain: 1.7 mi
- River Knob: 2.7 mi
- Cave Mountain: 3.7 mi
- North Fork Peak: 3.8 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Echo Park: 8.2 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 8.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 4.7 mi
- Lower Slabs: 4.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 5.0 mi
- Southern Pillar: 5.0 mi
- Baker Rocks: 16.5 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 10.9 mi
- Small waterfall: 13.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 13.6 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 17.9 mi
- Elakala Falls: 18.0 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 12.0 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 18.6 mi
- Hall Spring: 19.2 mi
- Sand Spring: 19.9 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 20.5 mi
- Smoke Hole: 2.8 mi
- Stringtown: 11.0 mi
- Mill Run: 15.2 mi
- Kempton: 23.7 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 9.8 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 14.8 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 18.4 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 22.0 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 11.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Lost River State Park: 22.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 13.3 mi
- Stony River Dam: 17.0 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 19.9 mi
- Sites Homestead: 5.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 5.2 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 20.0 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Champe Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | WNW 289° | 1,452 m | 8.2 mi |
| Green Knob | W 274° | 1,424 m | 7.2 mi |
| Haystack Knob | W 278° | 1,376 m | 6.9 mi |
| Weiss Knob | NW 318° | 1,359 m | 9.5 mi |
| Job Knob | W 262° | 1,353 m | 11.4 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | W 270° | 1,348 m | 11.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 322° | 1,332 m | 10.2 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | NW 324° | 1,331 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4959056070
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