Hunting Ground Mountain
Hunting Ground Mountain rises to 1,106 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the north, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Mountain Spring, a spring 2.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31717362, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1106 m
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 13.5 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 16.7 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 17.7 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grassy Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Spruce Knob: 3.7 mi
- River Hill: 3.9 mi
- Elk Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Kile Knob: 3.9 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 10.6 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 11.5 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 11.7 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 2.8 mi
- Locust Spring: 6.9 mi
- Cool Spring: 16.8 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 18.2 mi
- Pat Spring: 18.3 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 8.4 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 14.6 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Wilson Monument: 23.3 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 23.5 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 11.5 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 13.1 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 14.5 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 15.8 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 16.3 mi
- Raven Rocks: 12.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 15.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 15.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 15.9 mi
- Lower Slabs: 16.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 15.7 mi
- Sites Homestead: 15.9 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 16.3 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 21.1 mi
- Highland County Museum: 21.6 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 8.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 8.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 12.1 mi
- High Falls: 15.3 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 24.6 mi
- Locust Springs: 6.9 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 19.9 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 21.0 mi
- Gertrude: 13.2 mi
- Smoke Hole: 20.1 mi
- Stringtown: 23.9 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Hunting Ground Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | N 8° | 1,482 m | 3.7 mi |
| Pharis Knob | NW 325° | 1,410 m | 7.9 mi |
| Kile Knob | ESE 123° | 1,395 m | 3.9 mi |
| Horse Rock | NNE 17° | 1,374 m | 7.6 mi |
| Panther Knob | SSE 156° | 1,371 m | 6.3 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | S 176° | 1,370 m | 6.5 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | WNW 300° | 1,339 m | 7.5 mi |
| Pike Knob | ENE 76° | 1,308 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523831
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