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Garden Ground Mountain

Garden Ground Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates37.89817, -81.08371

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Cliffs: 26
  • 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
Ghost towns: 15
Historic sites: 9
  • 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
Attractions: 6
Museums: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Sandstone Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Cathedral Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Peters Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Brooks Falls: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Myles KnobENE 71°1,054 m16.0 mi
Walnut KnobE 87°1,049 m7.6 mi
Freezeland MountainSSE 151°1,040 m14.6 mi
Ford KnobE 83°1,026 m12.3 mi
Irish MountainE 99°1,010 m16.4 mi
Fork MountainE 85°1,008 m15.0 mi
Wallowhole MountainE 99°998 m15.4 mi
Buster KnobENE 73°997 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:36
June solstice06:0320:1120:51
September equinox07:1318:4819:23
December solstice07:3716:2817:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536168717065544436
Precip in3.53.34.24.25.15.54.64.13.72.92.93.9

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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