Goddard Mountain
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
- 2.6 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 18.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 23.2 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 25.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 19 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 24 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sims Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Little Sewell Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Boggs Knob: 2.0 mi
- Fork Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Stevens Knob: 3.6 mi
- Rainelle Park: 2.7 mi
- Rainelle Town Park: 2.8 mi
- Meadow River Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
- Mundy Park: 3.9 mi
- Rupert City Park: 4.0 mi
- 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
- Fairview: 4.4 mi
- Bryant: 6.2 mi
- Walker Hill: 6.7 mi
- McClung: 7.2 mi
- Tina: 9.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sandstone Falls: 14.9 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 15.1 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 24.2 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 24.7 mi
- Grandview: 18.2 mi
- Needleseye Park: 20.5 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 22.1 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Brooks Falls: 16.9 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 19.4 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,271 m | 8.9 mi |
| Wildcat Knob | NNE 31° | 1,223 m | 13.2 mi |
| Bush Place Knob | NNE 30° | 1,208 m | 12.5 mi |
| Huggins Knob | ENE 78° | 1,204 m | 10.6 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,204 m | 10.7 mi |
| Keeney Knob | SSE 168° | 1,195 m | 11.3 mi |
| Joe Knob | ENE 57° | 1,192 m | 11.0 mi |
| Point Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,189 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:26 | 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, 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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