Flat Top Mountain
Flat Top Mountain rises to 975 m in West Virginia. Wrights Peak stands 1,242 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bickett Knob, a peak 3.5 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31582882, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 975 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 10.8 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bickett Knob: 3.5 mi
- Calders Peak: 4.5 mi
- Wolf Creek Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Patricks Peak: 5.1 mi
- Dempsey Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Alderson Athletic Field: 4.3 mi
- Alderson Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
- Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District: 7.4 mi
- Pence Springs Hotel Historic District: 7.8 mi
- Modlin Park: 8.6 mi
- Egypt: 8.1 mi
- Whitcomb: 10.6 mi
- Alum Springs: 16.8 mi
- Brink: 17.1 mi
- Junta: 18.2 mi
- Coffman Hill: 11.5 mi
- Barney's Wall: 21.6 mi
- Barneys Wall: 21.6 mi
- Bear Cliff: 22.3 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 22.4 mi
- Big Spring: 14.4 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 14.5 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 18.8 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 18.8 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 19.2 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 6.7 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 11.6 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 16.9 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 16.9 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 17.1 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 18.9 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 22.2 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 24.2 mi
- Organ Cave: 8.2 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 12.7 mi
- The Bunker: 16.5 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 19.0 mi
- World War II Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 18.5 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 22.5 mi
- Middle Cascades: 18.7 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 18.7 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 18.9 mi
- Brooks Falls: 17.4 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 19.0 mi
- Jerry's Run Safety Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Flat Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrights Peak | SSE 168° | 1,242 m | 14.3 mi |
| Keeney Knob | NW 313° | 1,195 m | 9.5 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSE 163° | 1,192 m | 15.7 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | NW 312° | 1,169 m | 10.2 mi |
| Hanging Rock | SSE 150° | 1,153 m | 13.9 mi |
| Little Mountain | SSE 163° | 1,127 m | 17.4 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | WNW 298° | 1,116 m | 10.6 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | WNW 296° | 1,095 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alderson, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1539063 — Flat Top Mountain, Monroe County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356516874
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