Fork Mountain
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Fork Mountain rises to 1,290 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Smoke Camp Knob, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31584119, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1290 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 2.6 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 6.8 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 9.7 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 8 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Smoke Camp Knob: 0.0 mi
- Rough Knob: 0.9 mi
- Frank Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Grassy Knob: 3.1 mi
- Colaw Knob: 3.7 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 1.4 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
- Widney Park: 5.7 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 8.6 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 3.9 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Powerhouse: 15.4 mi
- Boiler House: 15.4 mi
- Cass: 15.8 mi
- Locust Spring: 3.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 7.7 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 12.9 mi
- Pat Spring: 22.0 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 22.0 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 9.2 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 9.4 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 11.8 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 15.2 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 22.3 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 14.1 mi
- High Falls: 15.6 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 18.2 mi
- Small waterfall: 18.4 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 21.6 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 10.5 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 11.7 mi
- Highland County Museum: 18.9 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 21.9 mi
- Locust Springs: 4.0 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 18.0 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 8.9 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 21.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 21.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 21.7 mi
- Gertrude: 9.1 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Fork 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 | 13.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | WSW 239° | 1,476 m | 14.3 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | WSW 255° | 1,433 m | 14.9 mi |
| Snyder Knob | W 265° | 1,432 m | 14.1 mi |
| Pharis Knob | NNE 18° | 1,410 m | 13.6 mi |
| Elleber Knob | S 186° | 1,401 m | 9.3 mi |
| Watering Pond Knob | S 181° | 1,396 m | 8.3 mi |
| Kile Knob | ENE 70° | 1,395 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524875
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