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. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31584119, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,290 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
- Little Laurel Overlook · 29 mi
122 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
- Gertrude: 9.1 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 20.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 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 |
| 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 |
| Ward Knob | W 260° | 1,385 m | 14.3 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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