High Head Mountain
High Head Mountain rises to 1,022 m in West Virginia. Wrights Peak stands 1,242 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Hills, a peak 1.7 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717030, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,022 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 12.2 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolf Hills: 1.7 mi
- Moss Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Cove Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Elk Knob: 3.6 mi
- Negro Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Lynnside Historic District: 4.5 mi
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
- Lynch Field Park: 13.6 mi
- Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District: 13.6 mi
- Paisley Park: 14.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.7 mi
- High Point: 11.9 mi
- Piney Point: 12.0 mi
- Coffman Hill: 13.1 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 18.3 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 6.7 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 14.8 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 3.8 mi
- Organ Cave: 10.5 mi
- The Bunker: 13.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 14.8 mi
- Keffer Oak: 17.4 mi
- Big Spring: 4.1 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 4.3 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 4.9 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 5.2 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 5.4 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 8.9 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 13.3 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 15.6 mi
- Alleghany Historical Society: 22.2 mi
- Whitcomb: 13.7 mi
- Brink: 17.1 mi
- Alum Springs: 18.4 mi
- Egypt: 22.2 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 4.5 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 16.9 mi
- Roaring Run Furnace: 24.6 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 6.6 mi
- Middle Cascades: 6.7 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 3.8 mi
- Jerry's Run Safety Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Dunlap Beach: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of High Head Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrights Peak | SW 233° | 1,242 m | 14.0 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SW 226° | 1,192 m | 13.3 mi |
| Arnolds Knob | S 190° | 1,186 m | 7.4 mi |
| Moteshard Mountain | SSW 198° | 1,136 m | 8.2 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | SSE 150° | 1,117 m | 12.9 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SSE 153° | 1,108 m | 12.8 mi |
| Hanging Rock | ESE 110° | 1,102 m | 7.0 mi |
| Earn Knob | SE 145° | 1,097 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523780
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