Cove Mountain
Cove Mountain rises to 1,038 m in West Virginia. Wrights Peak stands 1,242 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Elk Knob, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Farm Heritage Road passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31554407, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1038 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 10.3 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Elk Knob: 0.0 mi
- Daugherty Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Hokes Mountain: 3.1 mi
- High Head Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Wolf Hills: 3.8 mi
- Lynnside Historic District: 7.2 mi
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District: 10.9 mi
- Modlin Park: 11.5 mi
- Lynch Field Park: 12.5 mi
- Coffman Hill: 10.7 mi
- High Point: 13.9 mi
- Piney Point: 14.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.2 mi
- Bear Cliff: 19.5 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 8.5 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 15.9 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Big Spring: 4.1 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 4.3 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 7.6 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 7.8 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 7.9 mi
- Organ Cave: 7.4 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 7.4 mi
- The Bunker: 12.0 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 15.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 17.0 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 5.3 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 13.0 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 16.8 mi
- Alleghany Historical Society: 23.9 mi
- Middle Cascades: 8.3 mi
- The Cascades: 8.4 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 8.4 mi
- Cascades: 20.6 mi
- Whitcomb: 11.0 mi
- Brink: 15.5 mi
- Alum Springs: 16.5 mi
- Egypt: 18.8 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 7.2 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 19.7 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 7.4 mi
- Jerry's Run Safety Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Dunlap Beach: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrights Peak | SW 219° | 1,242 m | 12.9 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | SSW 203° | 1,232 m | 16.1 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,231 m | 16.1 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,192 m | 12.7 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,190 m | 12.7 mi |
| Arnolds Knob | SSE 168° | 1,186 m | 9.2 mi |
| Hanging Rock | SSW 207° | 1,153 m | 9.1 mi |
| Moteshard Mountain | S 176° | 1,136 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union 3 SSE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554206 — Cove Mountain, Monroe County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524795
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