Halfmoon Mountain
Halfmoon Mountain rises to 854 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the south, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Trout Run Fault Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716771, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 854 m
How to reach it
- 24.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 24 mi
- Signal Knob Overlook · 25 mi
- Hogback Overlook · 25 mi
- Rattlesnake Point Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- J. Allen Hawkins Community Park: 5.9 mi
- Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Trout Pond Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
- Baker Park: 7.4 mi
- Warden Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.3 mi
- Mill Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Sugar Knob: 2.0 mi
- Cherry Ridge: 2.4 mi
- Mollys Hill: 2.5 mi
- Little Sluice Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 10.6 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 10.6 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 12.8 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 12.9 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 14.8 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 4.4 mi
- Collie Grave: 7.0 mi
- Stephens Fort: 17.3 mi
- South Carolina Monument: 17.3 mi
- 128th New York Monument: 17.3 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 1.6 mi
- Arie Vankan Spring: 2.2 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 2.3 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 2.4 mi
- Big Spring: 4.9 mi
- Bryce Resort: 14.6 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 18.5 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 19.8 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 23.4 mi
- The Garden Maze: 24.5 mi
- Hanging Rock: 5.3 mi
- Three High Heads: 7.3 mi
- Markley Rocks: 7.8 mi
- Dog Cliff: 10.6 mi
- Helmick Rock: 15.3 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 11.0 mi
- Mountain Falls: 15.5 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 19.1 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 23.6 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 23.7 mi
- Cootie Bug: 19.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 19.9 mi
- Warrior Statue: 24.1 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 24.2 mi
- Love: 24.7 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 11.1 mi
- Lost River State Park: 15.4 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 23.5 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 24.1 mi
- Old grape garden: 6.9 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 10.4 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 25.0 mi
- Pavilian: 19.7 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 23.6 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 24.8 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Halfmoon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | S 179° | 1,006 m | 1.6 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | SW 227° | 995 m | 7.3 mi |
| Sugar Knob | SSE 147° | 976 m | 2.0 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | SSE 148° | 951 m | 3.0 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 231° | 951 m | 5.4 mi |
| Snyder Knob | WSW 237° | 936 m | 9.1 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | E 84° | 910 m | 3.7 mi |
| Cove Mountain | SW 233° | 898 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wardensville R M Farm, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523719
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