Elk Mountain
Elk Mountain rises to 1,273 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Grassy Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31576882, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,273 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 10.0 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 12.9 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 13.9 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Grassy Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Beech Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Big Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Hunting Ground Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Colaw Knob: 3.9 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 7.8 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 11.5 mi
- Widney Park: 12.2 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 10.9 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 10.9 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Wilson Monument: 21.6 mi
- Powerhouse: 22.8 mi
- Locust Spring: 3.7 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 5.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 12.9 mi
- Pat Spring: 17.6 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 17.7 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 15.3 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 17.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 18.9 mi
- Sites Homestead: 19.0 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 20.2 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 12.0 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 13.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 15.0 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 15.3 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 16.2 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 10.9 mi
- Small waterfall: 11.1 mi
- High Falls: 13.2 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 14.4 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 20.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 16.3 mi
- Southern Pillar: 19.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 19.1 mi
- Lower Slabs: 19.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 21.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 3.7 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 20.0 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 20.9 mi
- Gertrude: 9.7 mi
- Smoke Hole: 23.5 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 12.4 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Elk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | NE 42° | 1,482 m | 6.3 mi |
| Pharis Knob | N 354° | 1,410 m | 7.6 mi |
| Kile Knob | E 99° | 1,395 m | 7.1 mi |
| Horse Rock | NE 36° | 1,374 m | 10.3 mi |
| Panther Knob | SE 127° | 1,371 m | 7.9 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | SE 142° | 1,370 m | 6.9 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | W 265° | 1,351 m | 12.6 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | NNW 330° | 1,339 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554384 — Elk Mountain, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524837
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