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Goddard Mountain

Goddard Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Goddard Mountain rises to 1,003 m in West Virginia. Cross Mountain stands 1,271 m to the east-northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sims Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Midland Trail passes 2.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31458401, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1003 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.93428, -80.74759

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
Cliffs: 37
  • Cambodia: 16.6 mi
  • Molly and Johnny Wall: 16.8 mi
  • Fifth Buttress: 16.9 mi
  • Fourth Buttress: 17.1 mi
  • Third Buttress: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 16
Attractions: 9
  • Lost World Caverns: 17.8 mi
  • The Canopy: 19.8 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 20.2 mi
  • Hank’s Last Stop: 22.0 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 22.1 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 16.3 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 17.1 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 17.3 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 19.7 mi
Museums: 5
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 19.3 mi
  • Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 19.4 mi
  • Veteran's Museum: 19.5 mi
  • Hinton Railroad Museum: 19.6 mi
  • Second Creek Mill: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Sandstone Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Rudolph Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 24.7 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Brooks Falls: 16.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 23.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Goddard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cross MountainENE 73°1,271 m8.9 mi
Wildcat KnobNNE 31°1,223 m13.2 mi
Bush Place KnobNNE 30°1,208 m12.5 mi
Huggins KnobENE 78°1,204 m10.6 mi
Buffalo MountainENE 75°1,204 m10.7 mi
Keeney KnobSSE 168°1,195 m11.3 mi
Joe KnobENE 57°1,192 m11.0 mi
Point MountainENE 63°1,189 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice06:0220:1020:49
September equinox07:1118:4719:22
December solstice07:3616:2617:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937485764676761503931
Precip in4.14.05.14.45.64.85.44.23.93.14.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1539487 — Goddard Mountain, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356517143

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