Gulf Mountain
Gulf Mountain rises to 1,006 m in Virginia. Watering Pond Knob stands 1,396 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ginseng Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 9.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49034282, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,006 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 9.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 17.4 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 20.6 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ginseng Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Cove Knob: 1.7 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 2.0 mi
- High Knob: 2.3 mi
- Simmons Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Highland Park: 6.8 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.3 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 11.5 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 11.8 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 12.3 mi
- Locust Spring: 9.3 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 11.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 13.4 mi
- Hiner Spring: 13.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 18.5 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 13.7 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 14.2 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 14.5 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 14.6 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 18.7 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 4.2 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 5.4 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 5.9 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 6.6 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 19.8 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 6.6 mi
- Highland County Museum: 11.0 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 16.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 24.7 mi
- Sites Homestead: 24.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 13.9 mi
- Byrd Point: 20.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 24.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 24.8 mi
- Lower Slabs: 25.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 18.9 mi
- Small waterfall: 19.1 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 22.4 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 23.6 mi
- High Falls: 23.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 9.2 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 9.3 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 15.5 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 16.2 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 19.7 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 22.0 mi
- Gertrude: 18.9 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Gulf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watering Pond Knob | WSW 248° | 1,396 m | 11.0 mi |
| Kile Knob | NNE 13° | 1,395 m | 8.6 mi |
| Panther Knob | NNE 14° | 1,371 m | 4.9 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,370 m | 4.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,362 m | 10.0 mi |
| Barren Rock | S 172° | 1,335 m | 5.4 mi |
| Sounding Knob | SSW 201° | 1,334 m | 11.0 mi |
| Smoke Camp Knob | WNW 292° | 1,290 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 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 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356572090
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