Hanging Rock
Hanging Rock rises to 1,153 m in West Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area, a park 3.1 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716813, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,153 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 19.0 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
- White Rock Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District: 7.8 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 14.0 mi
- Lynnside Historic District: 14.1 mi
- Fork Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Wrights Peak: 4.4 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Moteshard Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 14.1 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 15.8 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 18.3 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 19.0 mi
- The Pylons: 19.1 mi
- Bear Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Barney's Wall: 12.0 mi
- Barneys Wall: 12.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.3 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 8.4 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 16.4 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 11.3 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 18.8 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 18.8 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 19.2 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 19.7 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 11.3 mi
- Keffer Oak: 11.5 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 11.8 mi
- Organ Cave: 14.8 mi
- The Bunker: 21.1 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 11.4 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 19.0 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 19.1 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 19.8 mi
- Modern Art: 20.3 mi
- Big Spring: 12.9 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 13.1 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 14.5 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 14.8 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 15.1 mi
- Egypt: 17.7 mi
- Whitcomb: 18.9 mi
- Junta: 21.1 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 23.4 mi
- Brink: 24.2 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 16.3 mi
- Middle Cascades: 16.4 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 19.7 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 20.5 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Hanging Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SSW 203° | 1,327 m | 11.6 mi |
| Butt Mountain | SW 225° | 1,282 m | 13.1 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | SW 224° | 1,256 m | 13.2 mi |
| Wind Rock | SSW 210° | 1,246 m | 7.2 mi |
| Wrights Peak | WSW 244° | 1,242 m | 4.4 mi |
| Brushy Top | SW 226° | 1,236 m | 11.2 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | SSW 199° | 1,232 m | 7.0 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,231 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union 3 SSE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/8081826032
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