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Kates Mountain

Kates Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Kates Mountain rises to 1,015 m in West Virginia. Hanging Rock stands 1,102 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Bunker, a attraction 1.6 miles away. Midland Trail passes 1.4 miles off.

About

The story

Kate's Mountain, south of White Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, was named for Catherine "Kate" Carpenter, who in September 1756 took refuge with her child on the mountain's peak during an Indian attack in which her husband Nicholas Carpenter was killed near Fort Dinwiddie (also known as Byrd's Fort and Warwick's Fort) in the vicinity of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Kate's Mountain is the highest of the peaks in Greenbrier State Forest at 3,280 feet. Kate's Mountain was the inspiration for the 19th Century romantic poem The Mystic Circle of Kate's Mountain, first published in fragmentary form in 1860 and published in its entirety in 1895. Kate's Mountain is the type location for Kate's Mountain clover, Trifolium virginicum, the symbol of the West Virginia Native Plant Society.

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Wikidata Q6375317, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1015 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.76401, -80.30146
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 29
  • Lynch Field Park: 2.1 mi
  • Paisley Park: 2.5 mi
  • Hollowell Park: 7.9 mi
  • Greenbrier Avenue Park: 8.0 mi
  • Montwell Park: 8.2 mi
Springs: 7
  • Cove Creek Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Thomas Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Old Sweet Springs: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Museums: 4
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Second Creek Mill: 10.8 mi
  • Alleghany Historical Society: 16.8 mi
  • Craig County Historical Society: 20.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Udderly Chic(k): 13.7 mi
Beaches: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Kates Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hanging RockSSE 158°1,102 m15.0 mi
Oliver MountainNE 55°1,088 m17.1 mi
Nicholls KnobESE 114°1,084 m16.7 mi
Bald MountainSE 125°1,074 m17.8 mi
Mud Run MountainESE 104°1,067 m17.0 mi
Fork MountainESE 118°1,039 m17.3 mi
Cove MountainSSW 203°1,038 m10.7 mi
Elk KnobSSW 203°1,038 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5919:33
June solstice06:0020:0820:47
September equinox07:1018:4519:20
December solstice07:3416:2517:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441516067717064534234
Precip in3.02.83.73.74.53.74.13.33.62.72.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — White Sulphur Springs, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554847 — Kates Mountain, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356524997

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