High Top
High Top rises to 785 m in West Virginia. Butt Mountain stands 1,282 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Kibble Hill, a peak 2.6 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717154, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 785 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 20.9 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kibble Hill: 2.6 mi
- Wind Creek Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Patricks Peak: 5.0 mi
- Walnut Knob: 5.8 mi
- Wolf Creek Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Hilldale-Talcott Ruritan Club John Henry Park: 6.0 mi
- John Henry Historical Park: 6.1 mi
- Pence Springs Hotel Historic District: 7.4 mi
- Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District: 7.7 mi
- Bluestone Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Egypt: 5.1 mi
- Junta: 8.2 mi
- Warford: 11.1 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 11.4 mi
- Lilly: 14.7 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 12.0 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 12.1 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 12.1 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 15.1 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 17.1 mi
- Barneys Wall: 15.8 mi
- Barney's Wall: 15.8 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 18.2 mi
- Bear Cliff: 18.2 mi
- Coffman Hill: 21.5 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 17.1 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 20.9 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 21.0 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 21.2 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 24.3 mi
- Organ Cave: 17.8 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 22.8 mi
- Keffer Oak: 24.0 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 24.4 mi
- Big Spring: 22.1 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 22.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Brooks Falls: 14.2 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 16.6 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of High Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butt Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,282 m | 14.9 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | SSE 162° | 1,256 m | 15.2 mi |
| Wind Rock | SE 137° | 1,246 m | 15.2 mi |
| Wrights Peak | SE 124° | 1,242 m | 12.1 mi |
| Brushy Top | SSE 155° | 1,236 m | 14.0 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | SE 135° | 1,232 m | 16.4 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | SE 135° | 1,231 m | 16.4 mi |
| Doe Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,211 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356517597
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