Cotton Hill
Cotton Hill rises to 628 m in West Virginia. Myles Knob stands 1,054 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is The Mystery Hole, a attraction 2.2 miles away. Midland Trail passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31553912, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 628 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 1.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 3 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 3 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Concho Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Rock: 2.2 mi
- Ford Knob: 4.0 mi
- Gauley Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Harvey Knob: 4.7 mi
- Bearwallow Knob: 6.3 mi
- Tennis Courts: 2.9 mi
- Hawks Nest State Park: 3.1 mi
- B. Rhinehart Park: 4.0 mi
- Gauley Bridge Tennis Courts: 4.4 mi
- Travellers Field: 4.5 mi
- Sandstonia: 4.5 mi
- Kingfish: 4.6 mi
- Little Head Wall: 4.6 mi
- Headless Wall: 4.6 mi
- Ameless Wall: 4.6 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 12.0 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 12.5 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 13.6 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 13.8 mi
- Kay Moor: 7.5 mi
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District: 8.5 mi
- Nuttallburg: 8.6 mi
- Thurmond: 11.6 mi
- Greenwood: 19.1 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 2.2 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 3.2 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 6.2 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 11.5 mi
- The Canopy: 13.6 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 3.0 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 10.8 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
- Needleseye Park: 9.6 mi
- Grandview: 19.7 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 19.9 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 22.5 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 22.6 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 22.6 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Cotton Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Knob | ESE 115° | 1,054 m | 22.3 mi |
| Walnut Knob | SE 138° | 1,049 m | 19.1 mi |
| Pond Knob | SW 222° | 1,011 m | 20.5 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | SW 219° | 1,009 m | 20.1 mi |
| Beargarden Knob | ESE 103° | 1,008 m | 22.7 mi |
| Buster Knob | ESE 119° | 997 m | 21.7 mi |
| Lick Knob | SSW 212° | 989 m | 13.3 mi |
| Sewell Mountain | ESE 123° | 979 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anstead Hawks Nest SP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356516233
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