Lankey Mountain
Lankey Mountain rises to 872 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the west-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bible Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 20 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31717770, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 872 m
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 21.1 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 25.4 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 26.8 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bible Knob: 0.8 mi
- Entry Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Moser Knob: 1.1 mi
- Cedar Knob: 1.1 mi
- Colic Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 2.5 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 2.7 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Ruddle Park: 7.6 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 9.5 mi
- Hall Spring: 13.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 15.1 mi
- Locust Spring: 15.2 mi
- Sand Spring: 15.4 mi
- Raven Rocks: 3.8 mi
- Southern Pillar: 13.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 13.3 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 13.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 13.4 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 8.5 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 16.1 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 16.9 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 18.6 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 10.9 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 21.0 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 22.7 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 22.8 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 22.9 mi
- Locust Springs: 15.1 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 20.0 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 23.1 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 24.7 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 11.4 mi
- Small waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 13.8 mi
- High Falls: 23.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 13.3 mi
- Sites Homestead: 13.4 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 19.4 mi
- Highland County Museum: 22.0 mi
- Smoke Hole: 15.7 mi
- Gertrude: 22.4 mi
- Stringtown: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Lankey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | WNW 295° | 1,482 m | 9.6 mi |
| Kile Knob | WSW 254° | 1,395 m | 6.2 mi |
| Panther Knob | SW 231° | 1,371 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pike Knob | WNW 297° | 1,308 m | 4.0 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | NNW 335° | 1,243 m | 4.7 mi |
| Ruleman Mountain | SW 234° | 1,233 m | 6.3 mi |
| Simmons Mountain | SW 220° | 1,121 m | 8.8 mi |
| Hunting Ground Mountain | W 273° | 1,106 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523896
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