Highland Mountain
Highland Mountain rises to 849 m in West Virginia. Sassafras Knob stands 1,116 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenwood, a ghost town 0.4 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31717173, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 849 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 10.3 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 24.3 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 8 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 18 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greenwood Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Mann Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Backus Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Walnut Knob: 3.2 mi
- Backus Mountain: 3.2 mi
- McKendreee Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 3.7 mi
- New River Gorge National River: 4.6 mi
- WP Point: 7.5 mi
- Perry Park: 7.5 mi
- Brownsea Island: 8.0 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 12.5 mi
- Endless Wall: 12.5 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 12.6 mi
- Fern Point Area: 12.7 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 5.3 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 6.3 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 6.8 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 7.4 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 11.0 mi
- The Canopy: 6.9 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 9.6 mi
- Ship Rock: 10.5 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 13.9 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 18.6 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 12.9 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 12.9 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 13.2 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 15.3 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 15.4 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 9.8 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 9.9 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 21.4 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
- Grandview: 4.5 mi
- Needleseye Park: 9.6 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Brooks Falls: 12.6 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Highland Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Knob | ESE 123° | 1,116 m | 16.1 mi |
| Boggs Knob | ENE 77° | 1,102 m | 12.0 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | SE 125° | 1,095 m | 15.6 mi |
| Elk Knob | SE 133° | 1,078 m | 15.9 mi |
| Myles Knob | ENE 57° | 1,054 m | 12.1 mi |
| Little Sewell Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,051 m | 15.8 mi |
| Walnut Knob | ENE 59° | 1,049 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | SE 128° | 1,047 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley Raleigh CO AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1540266 — Highland Mountain, Fayette County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356517611
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