Garden Ground Mountain
Garden Ground Mountain rises to 845 m in West Virginia. Myles Knob stands 1,054 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is McKendreee Public Hunting and Fishing Area, a park 1.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31588903, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 845 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 12.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 27.9 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 5 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 15 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McKendreee Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 1.3 mi
- New River Gorge National River: 1.6 mi
- WP Point: 2.5 mi
- Perry Park: 2.5 mi
- Brownsea Island: 3.0 mi
- Stretcher Neck: 2.9 mi
- Swell Knob: 3.0 mi
- Justice Heights: 3.0 mi
- Turkey Spur Rock: 3.6 mi
- Beury Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 10.9 mi
- Endless Wall: 10.9 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 10.9 mi
- Fern Point Area: 11.0 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 2.5 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 2.9 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 4.6 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 4.9 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 7.0 mi
- The Canopy: 2.2 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 4.9 mi
- Ship Rock: 8.6 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 11.9 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 15.9 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 10.0 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 10.0 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 10.2 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 18.7 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 18.8 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 13.7 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 18.5 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 22.0 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
- Grandview: 4.1 mi
- Needleseye Park: 6.0 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Brooks Falls: 16.2 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Garden Ground Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Knob | ENE 71° | 1,054 m | 16.0 mi |
| Walnut Knob | E 87° | 1,049 m | 7.6 mi |
| Freezeland Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,040 m | 14.6 mi |
| Ford Knob | E 83° | 1,026 m | 12.3 mi |
| Fork Mountain | E 85° | 1,008 m | 15.0 mi |
| Swell Mountain | SE 145° | 1,004 m | 16.4 mi |
| Wallowhole Mountain | E 99° | 998 m | 15.4 mi |
| Buster Knob | ENE 73° | 997 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Hill, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1539330 — Garden Ground Mountain, Fayette County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356517080
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