Frank Mountain
Frank Mountain rises to 1,193 m in West Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,476 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Old House Run Recreation Area, a park 0.9 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31585873, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1193 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 0.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 5.3 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 9.0 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 8 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rough Knob: 1.5 mi
- Smoke Camp Knob: 2.4 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Grassy Knob: 2.8 mi
- Burner Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 2.3 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
- Widney Park: 4.0 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 8.1 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 2.0 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Powerhouse: 13.0 mi
- Boiler House: 13.0 mi
- Cass: 13.5 mi
- Locust Spring: 6.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 6.5 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 15.2 mi
- Bolar Spring: 22.1 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 22.9 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 9.5 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 9.7 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 11.8 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 16.0 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 24.7 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 12.0 mi
- High Falls: 16.8 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 20.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 20.7 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 23.9 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 8.2 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 11.8 mi
- Highland County Museum: 19.0 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 22.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 20.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 23.8 mi
- Byrd Point: 24.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 6.3 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 18.3 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 8.5 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 21.0 mi
- Gertrude: 9.8 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Frank Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | WSW 241° | 1,476 m | 11.9 mi |
| Tygart Valley North | WSW 253° | 1,457 m | 14.7 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | W 259° | 1,433 m | 12.7 mi |
| Snyder Knob | W 272° | 1,432 m | 12.2 mi |
| Elleber Knob | S 174° | 1,401 m | 7.8 mi |
| Watering Pond Knob | SSE 165° | 1,396 m | 7.0 mi |
| Kile Knob | ENE 67° | 1,395 m | 15.0 mi |
| Ward Knob | W 265° | 1,385 m | 12.3 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 | 20:08 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1551174 — Frank Mountain, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523629
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