Hump Mountain
Hump Mountain rises to 989 m in West Virginia. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the east-southeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Tina, a ghost town 1.7 miles away. Midland Trail passes 11 miles off.
The story
Hump Mountain is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 3,245 feet (989 m), Hump Mountain is the 263rd highest summit in the state of West Virginia. Hump Mountain was so named on account of its outline being in the form of a hump.
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Wikidata Q31717348, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 989 m
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 14.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 17.6 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 16 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 25 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gwinn Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Cheney Knob: 2.7 mi
- Buffalo Knob: 2.9 mi
- Beelick Knob: 3.6 mi
- Sullivan Knob: 3.7 mi
- New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls: 4.0 mi
- McKendreee Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 11.4 mi
- Bellepoint Park: 11.7 mi
- New River Gorge National River: 11.7 mi
- Rainelle Park: 12.3 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 19.3 mi
- Endless Wall: 19.4 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 19.5 mi
- Fern Point Area: 19.6 mi
- World War II Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 13.2 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 13.8 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 14.4 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 9.5 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 9.6 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 9.7 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 17.5 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 17.5 mi
- Ship Rock: 14.5 mi
- The Canopy: 14.7 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 17.5 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 20.8 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 23.6 mi
- Grandview: 10.1 mi
- Needleseye Park: 17.5 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 24.7 mi
- Brooks Falls: 6.6 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 4.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Hump Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeney Knob | ESE 106° | 1,195 m | 9.8 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,169 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | ESE 120° | 1,116 m | 8.2 mi |
| Boggs Knob | NE 36° | 1,102 m | 9.1 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | SE 125° | 1,095 m | 7.8 mi |
| Elk Knob | SE 139° | 1,078 m | 8.1 mi |
| Myles Knob | NNE 19° | 1,054 m | 11.8 mi |
| Little Sewell Mountain | NE 42° | 1,051 m | 12.9 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 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:27 | 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 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluestone Lake, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356517749
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