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College Hill

College Hill, seen from above at true elevation

College Hill rises to 268 m in West Virginia. Mule Knob stands 478 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Alvord Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31549616, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
268 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80648, -81.35762

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 23
  • Alvord Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ben's Run Recreational Area: 0.8 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.9 mi
  • Goff Hill Civil War Park: 1.0 mi
  • Charles Fork Lake Recreational Area: 2.4 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Elizabeth: 17.9 mi
  • Captain John Young: 24.2 mi
Museums: 2
  • Beauchamp-Newman House: 17.9 mi
  • Washington's Western Lands Museum: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 24.6 mi
  • Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of College Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mule KnobESE 115°478 m17.5 mi
Weedy KnobSE 139°447 m18.8 mi
Ruble KnobNNE 12°406 m14.6 mi
Desert KnobESE 113°400 m11.2 mi
Starcher RocksS 172°397 m15.7 mi
Campbell HillS 186°397 m17.1 mi
Rattlesnake KnobNE 52°393 m11.1 mi
Jackson RocksS 170°393 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:38
June solstice06:0120:1520:55
September equinox07:1418:4919:24
December solstice07:4116:2617:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526169737165544335
Precip in3.43.24.33.75.04.95.33.73.93.33.13.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356524776

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