Close Mountain
Close Mountain rises to 877 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fred Long Centennial Park, a park 2.4 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
Close Mountain is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 2,877 feet (877 m), Close Mountain is the 405th highest summit in the state of West Virginia. Close Mountain derives its name from David Closs, a Scottish settler.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q31547288, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 877 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 11.1 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 17.2 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 17.7 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Deep Creek Lake · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roger Camp Hill: 5.7 mi
- Hoye-Crest: 6.5 mi
- Limestone Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Turkey Knob: 7.0 mi
- Skier's hillock: 7.2 mi
- Fred Long Centennial Park: 2.4 mi
- Blackwater Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
- Fairfax Stone State Park: 5.2 mi
- St George Park: 6.7 mi
- Tucker Boulder Park: 6.7 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 4.9 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 4.9 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 12.2 mi
- Stony River Dam: 15.5 mi
- Stony River Dam: 15.5 mi
- Albert Falls: 4.9 mi
- Douglas Falls: 5.2 mi
- Elakala Falls: 6.8 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 7.1 mi
- Tolliver Falls: 23.4 mi
- Generation Museum: 12.5 mi
- Garrett County Historical Museum: 18.3 mi
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station: 18.3 mi
- Garrett County Museum of Transportation: 18.3 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 22.9 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 12.4 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 13.0 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 20.5 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 22.0 mi
- Pat Spring: 22.8 mi
- Kempton: 5.5 mi
- Mill Run: 11.7 mi
- Stringtown: 14.5 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 13.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Herrington Manor State Park: 20.5 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 6.5 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 15.5 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 18.1 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Close Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | SSE 159° | 1,452 m | 18.7 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SSE 158° | 1,376 m | 20.6 mi |
| Weiss Knob | SSE 148° | 1,359 m | 15.3 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | S 170° | 1,348 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | SE 145° | 1,332 m | 14.6 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | SE 144° | 1,331 m | 15.0 mi |
| Cabin | SE 139° | 1,304 m | 14.6 mi |
| High Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,287 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parsons 3 SE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523447
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