Horseshoe Mountain
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
- 8.9 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 10.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 8.6 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 20.9 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Monroe Run Valley · 20 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 21 mi
- Deep Creek Lake · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Martins Hill: 3.9 mi
- Fort Hill: 3.9 mi
- Rock Hill: 5.1 mi
- Slate Lick Knob: 5.2 mi
- Piney Hill: 5.7 mi
- 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
- Fort Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 3.9 mi
- Gary A Yoder Fish Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Dan's Rock Fire Tower: 7.3 mi
- McCoole Fish Management Area: 8.0 mi
- Miltenberger CREP Easement: 9.3 mi
- Westernport Heritage Society Museum: 10.7 mi
- Davis History House: 10.8 mi
- Literary Hall: 10.9 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 10.9 mi
- F. Brooke Whiting House & Museum: 12.1 mi
- Steam Pump: 8.7 mi
- Masonry Overfall: 9.5 mi
- First Toll Gate House: 10.6 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 10.7 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 9.8 mi
- eroded outcropping: 15.0 mi
- Spruce Forest Artisan Village: 21.6 mi
- Old Cherry Glade Meetinghouse: 23.8 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 8.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.0 mi
- St Johns rock scenic overlook: 14.2 mi
- River Beach: 10.3 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 10.7 mi
- Mountain View: 14.1 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 14.3 mi
- Art: 12.8 mi
- Frankville: 17.1 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Horseshoe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock | SW 236° | 963 m | 17.2 mi |
| Pinnacle | WSW 241° | 950 m | 14.4 mi |
| Big Savage Mountain | WNW 287° | 913 m | 14.1 mi |
| High Rock | WNW 287° | 910 m | 14.1 mi |
| Sampson Rock | NNW 344° | 895 m | 16.1 mi |
| Saint John Rock | NNW 333° | 890 m | 14.3 mi |
| Dans Rock | NNW 337° | 883 m | 7.3 mi |
| Elbow Mountain | WNW 302° | 859 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:13 | 16:56 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keyser 2 SSW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356517727
Day trips start here
- Grantsville · 22 mi
- McHenry · 28 mi
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