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Fairview Mountain

Fairview Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Fairview Mountain rises to 711 m in West Virginia. Black Rock stands 963 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Break Neck Over Look, a park 1.6 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 18 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31580647, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
711 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.28371, -78.83835

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 52
  • Break Neck Over Look: 1.6 mi
  • Hampshire Park: 2.5 mi
  • Peterkin Camp and Conference Center: 2.5 mi
  • Fort Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
  • Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
Springs: 8
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 5.1 mi
  • River Beach: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Fairview Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black RockWNW 286°963 m15.1 mi
PinnacleWNW 298°950 m14.5 mi
Bald KnobSSE 158°874 m13.9 mi
Short MountainSSE 158°874 m13.9 mi
Nathaniel MountainSSE 155°839 m5.7 mi
Fore KnobsWSW 254°834 m19.7 mi
Wolf RockNNW 348°832 m19.7 mi
FairviewNNW 336°823 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:5020:0620:46
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:3216:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441526270747265544334
Precip in2.42.23.23.43.83.64.73.73.62.82.22.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romney 1 SW, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356527574

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