Gwinn Mountain
Gwinn Mountain rises to 899 m in West Virginia. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the east-southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Tina, a ghost town 1.8 miles away. Midland Trail passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
Gwinn Mountain is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 2,949 feet (899 m), Gwinn Mountain is the 383rd highest summit in the state of West Virginia. The summit has the name of Andrew Gwinn, an early settler.
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Wikidata Q31716756, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 899 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 15.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 18.1 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 17 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 25 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls: 6.1 mi
- Rainelle Park: 10.4 mi
- Rainelle Town Park: 10.8 mi
- Meadow River Wildlife Management Area: 11.1 mi
- Pence Springs Hotel Historic District: 11.8 mi
- Hump Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Patterson Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Wallowhole Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Buffalo Knob: 3.1 mi
- Fisher Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 19.9 mi
- Endless Wall: 20.0 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 20.1 mi
- Fern Point Area: 20.2 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
- World War II Memorial: 11.2 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 14.6 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 14.9 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 15.6 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 10.9 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 11.0 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 11.1 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 20.1 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 20.1 mi
- The Canopy: 16.4 mi
- Ship Rock: 17.1 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 19.2 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 21.1 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 21.4 mi
- Brooks Falls: 8.2 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Grandview: 12.4 mi
- Needleseye Park: 18.8 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 6.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Gwinn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeney Knob | ESE 118° | 1,195 m | 7.9 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,169 m | 7.2 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SE 138° | 1,116 m | 6.9 mi |
| Boggs Knob | NNE 25° | 1,102 m | 7.0 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | SE 144° | 1,095 m | 6.7 mi |
| Elk Knob | SSE 158° | 1,078 m | 7.6 mi |
| Myles Knob | N 8° | 1,054 m | 10.3 mi |
| Little Sewell Mountain | NE 36° | 1,051 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alderson, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524908
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