Grassy Mountain
Grassy Mountain rises to 1,265 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Elk Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716652, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,265 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 11.3 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 13.9 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 14.6 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Elk Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Beech Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Hunting Ground Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Bayard Knob: 4.4 mi
- Big Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 9.1 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 10.4 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 11.3 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 13.1 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 13.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 4.2 mi
- Locust Spring: 5.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 13.8 mi
- Pat Spring: 16.5 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 16.5 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 9.5 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 12.2 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Wilson Monument: 20.8 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 23.1 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 16.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 17.5 mi
- Sites Homestead: 17.7 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 19.3 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 19.6 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 13.3 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 13.8 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 14.5 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 16.6 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 17.2 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 9.4 mi
- Small waterfall: 9.7 mi
- High Falls: 12.5 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 12.9 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 21.9 mi
- Raven Rocks: 16.0 mi
- Southern Pillar: 17.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 17.8 mi
- Lower Slabs: 18.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 20.5 mi
- Locust Springs: 5.2 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 19.7 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 21.1 mi
- Gertrude: 10.0 mi
- Smoke Hole: 22.3 mi
- Stringtown: 24.3 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 13.0 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Grassy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | NE 49° | 1,482 m | 5.0 mi |
| Pharis Knob | NNW 348° | 1,410 m | 6.3 mi |
| Kile Knob | ESE 111° | 1,395 m | 7.0 mi |
| Horse Rock | NE 38° | 1,374 m | 8.9 mi |
| Panther Knob | SE 137° | 1,371 m | 8.5 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,370 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | NW 317° | 1,339 m | 4.7 mi |
| Burner Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,309 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 35 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glady 1 N, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1551274 — Grassy Mountain, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523683
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