Harmon Rocks
Harmon Rocks rises to 1,243 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the west, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bland Hills, a peak 0.7 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716845, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,243 m
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 21.5 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 24.8 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 25.5 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bland Hills: 0.7 mi
- Peters Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Pond Range Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Judy Rocks: 2.9 mi
- Pike Knob: 2.9 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 6.1 mi
- Ruddle Park: 6.5 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 7.4 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 11.5 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 7.1 mi
- Locust Spring: 15.1 mi
- Hall Spring: 16.0 mi
- Sand Spring: 17.6 mi
- Maple Spring: 19.2 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 4.3 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 19.2 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 19.7 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 20.9 mi
- Raven Rocks: 8.1 mi
- Southern Pillar: 9.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 9.3 mi
- Lower Slabs: 9.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 10.5 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 6.9 mi
- Small waterfall: 7.1 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 9.0 mi
- High Falls: 20.4 mi
- Smoke Hole: 12.6 mi
- Stringtown: 20.0 mi
- Gertrude: 20.5 mi
- Mill Run: 22.7 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 6.4 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 22.8 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 24.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 9.2 mi
- Sites Homestead: 9.3 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 22.1 mi
- Locust Springs: 15.0 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 21.5 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 23.7 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 21.8 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Harmon Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | W 268° | 1,482 m | 6.7 mi |
| Kile Knob | SSW 213° | 1,395 m | 7.2 mi |
| Horse Rock | NW 305° | 1,374 m | 6.0 mi |
| Pike Knob | SSW 212° | 1,308 m | 2.9 mi |
| Kisamore Hill | NNW 341° | 1,289 m | 8.6 mi |
| Ruleman Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,233 m | 8.6 mi |
| Hunting Ground Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,106 m | 8.2 mi |
| Castle Knob | SSW 195° | 1,058 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554651 — Harmon Rocks, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524916
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