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Fisher Mountain

Fisher Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Fisher Mountain rises to 968 m in West Virginia. Cross Mountain stands 1,271 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Irish Mountain, a peak 3.0 miles away. Midland Trail passes 9.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Summers County, West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31582140, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
968 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.81623, -80.77703

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 56
Ghost towns: 21
Cliffs: 20
  • Dowdy Bluff: 16.0 mi
  • Coffman Hill: 20.5 mi
  • Honeymooner Area: 22.5 mi
  • Endless Wall: 22.5 mi
  • Party Buttress Area: 22.7 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 10.7 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 11.7 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 17.6 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 17.8 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 18.6 mi
Museums: 8
  • Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Veteran's Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Hinton Railroad Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 18.7 mi
  • Second Creek Mill: 20.3 mi
Attractions: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Sandstone Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Brooks Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Fisher Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cross MountainNE 43°1,271 m14.8 mi
Keeney KnobSE 127°1,195 m4.9 mi
Red Spring MountainSE 127°1,169 m4.2 mi
Rich KnobNNE 22°1,160 m15.1 mi
Mill Creek MountainNNE 16°1,122 m15.5 mi
Sassafras KnobSSE 160°1,116 m4.6 mi
Boggs KnobN 359°1,102 m7.1 mi
Ballengee KnobS 169°1,095 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:35
June solstice06:0220:1020:49
September equinox07:1218:4719:22
December solstice07:3616:2717:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313542536269737266544335
Precip in3.02.93.83.64.43.74.23.13.42.62.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alderson, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554459 — Fisher Mountain, Summers County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356524852

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