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Flat Top Mountain

Flat Top Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates37.68012, -80.57841

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 31
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 6
  • 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
Waterfalls: 6
  • Middle Cascades: 18.7 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 18.7 mi
  • The Cascades: 18.8 mi
  • Beaverdam Falls: 18.9 mi
Museums: 5
  • 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
Nature reserves: 5
Attractions: 4
Historic sites: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Brooks Falls: 17.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Udderly Chic(k): 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wrights PeakSSE 168°1,242 m14.3 mi
Keeney KnobNW 313°1,195 m9.5 mi
Fork MountainSSE 163°1,192 m15.7 mi
Fork MountainSSE 163°1,190 m15.7 mi
Red Spring MountainNW 312°1,169 m10.2 mi
Hanging RockSSE 150°1,153 m13.9 mi
Little MountainSSE 163°1,127 m17.4 mi
Sassafras KnobWNW 298°1,116 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:34
June solstice06:0220:0920:48
September equinox07:1118:4619:21
December solstice07:3516:2717:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 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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