Hopkins Mountain
Hopkins Mountain rises to 1,002 m in West Virginia. Briery Knob stands 1,377 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Midland Trail passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717286, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,002 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 16.0 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 21.3 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Coles Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Slabcamp Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Wicks Knob: 6.4 mi
- Little Allegheny Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Paisley Park: 10.4 mi
- Lynch Field Park: 10.9 mi
- Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park: 11.5 mi
- Lake Sherwood Recreation Area: 13.9 mi
- Greenbrier Avenue Park: 14.1 mi
- Locust Creek Spring: 11.5 mi
- Thomas Spring: 17.1 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 20.1 mi
- Big Spring: 20.3 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 21.0 mi
- Lower Falls of Hills Creek: 16.3 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 16.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 16.6 mi
- Falling Spring Falls: 17.5 mi
- Middle Cascades: 19.2 mi
- Bubble Cave Preserve: 5.5 mi
- The Bunker: 11.4 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 13.2 mi
- Organ Cave: 18.7 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 24.5 mi
- Beartown State Park: 7.4 mi
- Johnsons Creek State Natural Area Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Fred E. Brooks Memorial Arboretum: 13.0 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 19.4 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 20.4 mi
- Brink: 8.6 mi
- Alum Springs: 8.8 mi
- Mill Run: 11.1 mi
- Whitcomb: 15.1 mi
- Sunset: 24.3 mi
- Pearl S Buck Birthplace: 13.8 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 14.0 mi
- Alleghany Historical Society: 17.7 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 22.2 mi
- T. M. Cheeks: 13.4 mi
- Hillsboro: 13.5 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 22.1 mi
- Coffman Hill: 14.4 mi
- High Point: 18.2 mi
- Piney Point: 19.1 mi
- Bolar Mountain Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Jerry's Run Safety Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Dunlap Beach: 15.0 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Hopkins Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briery Knob | NNW 340° | 1,377 m | 14.6 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NNW 339° | 1,355 m | 15.6 mi |
| Blue Knob | N 355° | 1,340 m | 15.9 mi |
| Grassy Knob | WNW 302° | 1,332 m | 15.6 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | N 350° | 1,316 m | 15.9 mi |
| Cold Knob | WNW 304° | 1,314 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sugartree Bench Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,289 m | 14.7 mi |
| Point Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,236 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewisburg 3 N, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1551493 — Hopkins Mountain, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523820
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