Irish Mountain
Irish Mountain rises to 940 m in West Virginia. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Plumley Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4809892.
Wikidata Q31717428, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 940 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 16.2 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 16.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 16 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 26 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Plumley Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Sullivan Knob: 2.5 mi
- Freezeland Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Smith Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Plumley Knob: 3.9 mi
- New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls: 3.1 mi
- Bellepoint Park: 9.0 mi
- New River Gorge National River: 10.3 mi
- Beckley Soccer Complex: 10.3 mi
- McKendreee Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 10.6 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 21.1 mi
- Endless Wall: 21.1 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 21.2 mi
- Fern Point Area: 21.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 10.4 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 13.4 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 14.0 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 14.8 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 7.0 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 7.1 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 7.1 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 13.0 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 13.0 mi
- Grandview: 7.9 mi
- Needleseye Park: 17.5 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 19.1 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 21.1 mi
- Ship Rock: 10.0 mi
- The Canopy: 13.9 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 16.5 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 22.4 mi
- Brooks Falls: 4.7 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 2.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Irish Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeney Knob | E 86° | 1,195 m | 14.0 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | E 84° | 1,169 m | 13.4 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | E 92° | 1,116 m | 11.6 mi |
| Boggs Knob | NE 42° | 1,102 m | 14.8 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | E 94° | 1,095 m | 10.9 mi |
| Huff Knob | SW 216° | 1,088 m | 14.5 mi |
| Elk Knob | ESE 104° | 1,078 m | 10.1 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | SW 216° | 1,078 m | 14.4 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 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:28 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley Raleigh CO AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356517796
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