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Kingston Mountain

Kingston Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Kingston Mountain rises to 665 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Payne Knob, a peak 2.1 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 6.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31717756, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
665 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.00511, -81.27872

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 55
  • Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
  • Old Collins Middle: 6.9 mi
  • Collins Park: 7.0 mi
  • Oak Hill City Park: 7.2 mi
  • New River Birding & Nature Festival: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Head Wall: 11.7 mi
  • Headless Wall: 11.7 mi
  • Bridge Buttress: 11.8 mi
  • Little Head Wall: 11.8 mi
  • Ameless Wall: 11.9 mi
Historic sites: 8
Attractions: 6
  • Hank’s Last Stop: 8.1 mi
  • Vanbibbers Rock: 10.6 mi
  • The Canopy: 10.9 mi
  • The Mystery Hole: 11.1 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cathedral Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Peters Creek Falls: 20.1 mi
Museums: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 17.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Kingston Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy KnobSW 218°1,083 m19.0 mi
Walnut KnobESE 111°1,049 m19.5 mi
Pilot KnobSW 221°1,037 m19.6 mi
Pond KnobSW 226°1,011 m11.4 mi
Coal River MountainSW 221°1,009 m11.0 mi
Kopperston MountainSW 223°993 m21.5 mi
Lick KnobSSW 202°989 m4.3 mi
High KnobS 191°976 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:37
June solstice06:0420:1220:52
September equinox07:1418:4919:24
December solstice07:3816:2817:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536168717065544436
Precip in3.53.34.24.25.15.54.64.13.72.92.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Hill, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554885 — Kingston Mountain, Fayette County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356525019

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