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Horseshoe Mountain

Horseshoe Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Horseshoe Mountain rises to 359 m in West Virginia. Black Rock stands 963 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site, a nature reserve 3.9 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 8.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4809333

Wikidata Q31717301, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
359 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.48426, -78.84447

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Rawlings Area Park: 4.2 mi
  • Mineral County Fairgrounds: 4.2 mi
  • Bel Air Area Park: 6.6 mi
  • Mill Meadow Park: 7.2 mi
  • North End Playground: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 18
Nature reserves: 17
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • River Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Art: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Horseshoe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black RockSW 236°963 m17.2 mi
PinnacleWSW 241°950 m14.4 mi
Big Savage MountainWNW 287°913 m14.1 mi
High RockWNW 287°910 m14.1 mi
Sampson RockNNW 344°895 m16.1 mi
Saint John RockNNW 333°890 m14.3 mi
Dans RockNNW 337°883 m7.3 mi
Elbow MountainWNW 302°859 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4920:0620:47
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:3316:1316:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303341526170757366544334
Precip in2.82.63.83.94.54.33.83.23.63.12.73.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keyser 2 SSW, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356517727

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