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Coal Mountain

Coal Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Coal Mountain rises to 325 m in West Virginia. Workman Knob stands 599 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Coal River Nature Reserve, a nature reserve 3.0 miles away. Midland Trail passes 16 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31547580, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
325 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.40120, -81.90208

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Robert C. Byrd Boat Launch: 3.1 mi
  • C Street Park: 3.6 mi
  • Living Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
  • St Albans Memorial Walkway: 3.7 mi
  • St. Albans Roadside Park: 4.2 mi
Peaks: 29
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 6
Gardens: 4
  • Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • East End Community Gardens: 16.0 mi
  • Governor's Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Wedding Garden: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Indian Rock: 3.8 mi
  • Skyline Drive: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Grotto: 17.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coal Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Workman KnobSSE 164°599 m24.8 mi
Bee MountainSE 133°530 m21.4 mi
Malden MountainESE 113°455 m22.0 mi
Blue KnobS 189°420 m17.8 mi
Buck KnobS 182°412 m13.0 mi
Holmes KnobE 84°403 m16.8 mi
Gunstock KnobENE 65°387 m24.0 mi
Bald KnobE 80°381 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:40
June solstice06:0520:1620:56
September equinox07:1618:5119:26
December solstice07:4216:2917:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544556471757468554436

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saint Albans, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1537462 — Coal Mountain, Putnam County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356516126

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