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Keen Mountain

Keen Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Keen Mountain rises to 834 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilgrim Knob, a peak 1.5 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 2.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49040998, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
834 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.23261, -81.93207

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 23
  • TMI Park: 5.0 mi
  • Grundy Kiwanis & Miller Richardson Playground: 10.1 mi
  • Bradshaw Park: 10.9 mi
  • Coal Camp Park: 11.0 mi
  • Williams Park: 12.3 mi
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
Museums: 2
  • Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 21.2 mi
  • Elkhorn City Railroad Museum: 23.6 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Keen Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beartown MountainS 175°1,429 m21.2 mi
Flattop MountainSSE 156°1,379 m22.3 mi
Morris KnobSE 126°1,358 m21.5 mi
Redrock MountainSSE 162°1,345 m22.6 mi
Brushy MountainSSE 156°1,323 m20.7 mi
Peak 4300S 169°1,311 m20.2 mi
Knob MountainESE 120°1,270 m22.0 mi
Short MountainSSE 163°1,245 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:40
June solstice06:0820:1320:52
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3916:3417:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744546269737267564437
Precip in3.33.34.04.34.84.85.74.23.23.02.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grundy, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356583656

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