Duncan Hill
Duncan Hill rises to 418 m in West Virginia. Deen Knob stands 629 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lowndes Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 3.5 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31573015, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 418 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 17.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lowndes Park: 0.0 mi
- Hite Field: 0.4 mi
- Monticello Playground: 0.5 mi
- Hartland Park: 0.6 mi
- Stealey Park: 0.7 mi
- Pinnickinnick Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 7.1 mi
- Patton Knob: 10.0 mi
- Copeland Knob: 11.1 mi
- Odell Knob: 11.5 mi
- Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower: 13.8 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 15.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 17.4 mi
- West Virginia & Pittsburgh Railroad Depot: 17.5 mi
- The East and West Second Street Bridge: 17.5 mi
- Bice-Ferguson Museum: 8.8 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 17.3 mi
- West Augusta Historical Society Museum: 17.4 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 17.4 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 17.5 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 16.3 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 23.9 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 17.4 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 17.6 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Duncan Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deen Knob | SSE 148° | 629 m | 23.1 mi |
| King Knob | ESE 118° | 601 m | 14.5 mi |
| Bear Knob | SSE 169° | 570 m | 15.2 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | NE 54° | 544 m | 22.5 mi |
| Copeland Knob | ENE 78° | 541 m | 11.1 mi |
| Buckhannon Mountain | S 181° | 541 m | 21.6 mi |
| Purgatory Hill | S 186° | 538 m | 17.9 mi |
| Wolf Fork Mountain | SSW 194° | 517 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksburg 1, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524821
Day trips start here
- Clarksburg · 0 mi
- Bridgeport · 5 mi
- Shinnston · 9 mi
- Weston · 17 mi
- Fairmont · 18 mi
- Grafton · 18 mi
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