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Kelly Mountain

Kelly Mountain rises to 661 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Creek Memoral Park, a park 5.1 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 21 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31717630, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
661 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.79927, -81.79789

68 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
Parks: 18
Historic sites: 5
  • Tridelphia Vietnam War Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Man WV War Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • John Cooke Marker: 12.0 mi
  • Wyoming County Veterns Memorial: 12.2 mi
  • Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial: 19.0 mi
Museums: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Big Branch Day Use Area: 14.0 mi
  • Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 2
  • AirBoat Rides and Tours: 23.5 mi
  • Hatfield McCoy Feud Site Tours: 23.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kelly Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy KnobE 93°1,083 m16.8 mi
Pilot KnobE 92°1,037 m15.4 mi
Pond KnobENE 73°1,011 m21.1 mi
Coal River MountainENE 74°1,009 m21.9 mi
Kopperston MountainE 96°993 m13.7 mi
Boyd Branch KnobENE 71°956 m23.9 mi
Irish Lick KnobE 80°934 m24.2 mi
Burning RockSE 143°912 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:0620:1420:53
September equinox07:1618:5119:26
December solstice07:4016:3117:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947586674787770594739
Precip in3.53.44.34.45.34.95.93.93.33.22.94.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554859 — Kelly Mountain, Logan County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356525004

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