Fork Mountain
Fork Mountain rises to 1,008 m in West Virginia. Cross Mountain stands 1,271 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Boggs Knob, a peak 1.6 miles away. Midland Trail passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31584051, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,008 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 14.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 24.2 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 26.0 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 15 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 18 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 22 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rainelle Park: 4.2 mi
- Rainelle Town Park: 4.7 mi
- Meadow River Wildlife Management Area: 7.1 mi
- Mundy Park: 7.5 mi
- Rupert City Park: 7.5 mi
- Boggs Knob: 1.6 mi
- Sewell Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Sims Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Stevens Knob: 2.2 mi
- Ford Knob: 2.8 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Cambodia: 16.2 mi
- Molly and Johnny Wall: 16.4 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 16.6 mi
- Fifth Buttress: 16.6 mi
- Tina: 6.4 mi
- Fairview: 6.5 mi
- Bryant: 8.2 mi
- Walker Hill: 9.0 mi
- McClung: 9.5 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 13.3 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 13.9 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 14.2 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 17.2 mi
- The Canopy: 16.4 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 18.0 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 18.8 mi
- Ship Rock: 20.4 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 20.6 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 17.2 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 17.3 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 17.4 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 21.8 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 23.1 mi
- Grandview: 14.7 mi
- Needleseye Park: 17.4 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 22.7 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Brooks Falls: 14.5 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 12.2 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,271 m | 12.5 mi |
| Keeney Knob | SSE 150° | 1,195 m | 11.4 mi |
| Pollock Knob | NE 45° | 1,187 m | 12.8 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,169 m | 10.8 mi |
| Rich Knob | NE 46° | 1,160 m | 10.1 mi |
| Brier Knob | NE 39° | 1,136 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sumac Knob | NE 38° | 1,134 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mill Creek Mountain | NE 38° | 1,122 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1539134 — Fork Mountain, Fayette County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356516962
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