Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 906 m in West Virginia. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the east, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls, a park 1.5 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4563574.
Wikidata Q31542778, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 906 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 15.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 16.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 19 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 24 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 29 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls: 1.5 mi
- Bellepoint Park: 7.2 mi
- John Henry Historical Park: 9.2 mi
- Hilldale-Talcott Ruritan Club John Henry Park: 9.3 mi
- Pence Springs Hotel Historic District: 9.9 mi
- Sullivan Knob: 2.4 mi
- Buffalo Knob: 3.3 mi
- Swell Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Sewell Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Stonelick Knob: 4.3 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 5.0 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 5.1 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 5.2 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 17.4 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 17.5 mi
- World War II Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 14.9 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 16.3 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 16.6 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 17.3 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 23.2 mi
- Endless Wall: 23.3 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 23.4 mi
- Fern Point Area: 23.5 mi
- Ship Rock: 14.4 mi
- The Canopy: 17.3 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 20.1 mi
- Organ Cave: 24.4 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 24.4 mi
- Grandview: 11.7 mi
- Needleseye Park: 20.6 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 21.2 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 22.0 mi
- Brooks Falls: 2.2 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 1.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeney Knob | E 80° | 1,195 m | 9.7 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,169 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | E 88° | 1,116 m | 7.2 mi |
| Boggs Knob | NNE 25° | 1,102 m | 13.0 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | E 89° | 1,095 m | 6.5 mi |
| Elk Knob | ESE 107° | 1,078 m | 5.7 mi |
| Walnut Knob | NNW 342° | 1,049 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 94° | 1,047 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluestone Lake, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524762
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