Jones Mountain
Jones Mountain rises to 918 m in West Virginia. Wrights Peak stands 1,242 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Boggs Hightop, a peak 0.9 miles away. Midland Trail passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717546, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 918 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 7.7 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Boggs Hightop: 0.9 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Hokes Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Daugherty Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Modlin Park: 6.9 mi
- Hollowell Park: 8.0 mi
- Greenspace: 8.1 mi
- Lewisburg Historic District: 8.1 mi
- Montwell Park: 8.2 mi
- Coffman Hill: 5.9 mi
- High Point: 13.9 mi
- Piney Point: 14.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.8 mi
- Bear Cliff: 23.6 mi
- Organ Cave: 2.9 mi
- The Bunker: 8.2 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 10.2 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 11.2 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 21.8 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 9.1 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Johnsons Creek State Natural Area Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 20.6 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 4.9 mi
- Big Spring: 5.0 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 9.3 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 9.5 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 9.8 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 3.6 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 8.1 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 20.3 mi
- Alleghany Historical Society: 23.0 mi
- Whitcomb: 6.2 mi
- Brink: 11.0 mi
- Alum Springs: 11.9 mi
- Egypt: 17.9 mi
- Middle Cascades: 8.8 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 9.1 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 9.3 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 24.4 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 11.2 mi
- Jerry's Run Safety Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- Dunlap Beach: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Jones Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrights Peak | SSW 205° | 1,242 m | 16.3 mi |
| Keeney Knob | WNW 289° | 1,195 m | 17.8 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,192 m | 16.6 mi |
| Arnolds Knob | SSE 168° | 1,186 m | 14.0 mi |
| Hanging Rock | SSW 194° | 1,153 m | 13.2 mi |
| Moteshard Mountain | S 173° | 1,136 m | 14.3 mi |
| Cove Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,038 m | 4.8 mi |
| Elk Knob | SSE 168° | 1,038 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — White Sulphur Springs, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1541014 — Jones Mountain, Monroe County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356517918
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