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Ice Mountain

Ice Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Ice Mountain rises to 451 m in West Virginia. Pinnacle stands 864 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Georges Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 9.0 miles off.

About

The story

Ice Mountain is a mountain ridge and algific talus slope that is part of a 149-acre (60 ha) preserve near the community of North River Mills in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 2012. Ice Mountain is protected by The Nature Conservancy and open for visits by small groups of hikers. It is nicknamed "Nature's Ice Box" and "Nature's Refrigerator" owing to its ice vents that release cool air all year long.

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Wikidata Q5985316, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
451 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.36343, -78.46695

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
  • Slanesville Park: 3.4 mi
  • Capon Bridge Park: 4.5 mi
  • Reynolds Store Neighborhood Park: 9.1 mi
  • Central Hampshire Park: 9.1 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 17
Nature reserves: 16
Artworks: 16
  • An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 18.8 mi
  • Bites of Local Life Apple Statue: 19.1 mi
  • White House Apple Statue: 19.9 mi
  • Stars and Stripes Apple Statue: 20.1 mi
  • World's Largest Apple: 20.2 mi
Springs: 10
  • Natural Spring: 11.3 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 12.2 mi
  • Neglar Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Roadside Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Town Spring: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Beach 3: 8.3 mi
  • Beach 1: 8.4 mi
  • Beach 2: 9.0 mi
  • River Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Mountain Falls: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 2.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Ice Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PinnacleS 173°864 m15.3 mi
Johnnies KnobS 183°803 m19.5 mi
Piney MountainWSW 238°802 m19.2 mi
Eagle RockS 178°791 m17.2 mi
High PointNE 49°789 m8.5 mi
Spring MountainS 181°738 m17.1 mi
Stony MountainWSW 240°697 m15.7 mi
Spring Gap MountainN 353°679 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:4820:0520:45
September equinox07:0218:3719:13
December solstice07:3116:1216:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526169747265544335
Precip in3.62.23.03.54.44.94.33.14.43.32.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356517780

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