Little Beech Mountain
Little Beech Mountain rises to 1,110 m in West Virginia. Green Knob stands 1,424 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is High Falls, a waterfall 2.9 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 8.8 miles off. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717887, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,110 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 9.5 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 13.2 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 15.2 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
138 named places within 25 miles
- Harper Knob: 4.4 mi
- Yokum Knob: 5.3 mi
- Pharis Knob: 5.6 mi
- Cunningham Knob: 5.7 mi
- Hawflat Knob: 6.7 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Beverly Historic District: 9.5 mi
- Stuart Recreation Area: 10.6 mi
- Alpena Gap Recreation Site: 10.8 mi
- Bear Heaven Recreation Area: 11.3 mi
- Pat Spring: 7.0 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 7.5 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 9.0 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 11.5 mi
- Locust Spring: 13.4 mi
- High Falls: 2.9 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 11.6 mi
- Small waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 13.0 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 22.7 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 9.5 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 12.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 19.4 mi
- Sites Homestead: 19.4 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 24.0 mi
- Wilson Monument: 10.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 12.2 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 12.7 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 16.3 mi
- Southern Pillar: 19.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 19.7 mi
- Lower Slabs: 19.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 20.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 23.6 mi
- Gertrude: 7.7 mi
- Mill Run: 19.4 mi
- Stringtown: 20.3 mi
- Smoke Hole: 24.5 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 18.1 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 22.7 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 23.5 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 11.4 mi
- Locust Springs: 13.5 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 11.9 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 22.6 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 12.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Beech Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Knob | ENE 59° | 1,424 m | 17.5 mi |
| Pharis Knob | ESE 111° | 1,410 m | 5.6 mi |
| Kile Knob | SE 129° | 1,395 m | 16.8 mi |
| Horse Rock | E 95° | 1,374 m | 12.1 mi |
| Job Knob | ENE 58° | 1,353 m | 12.8 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | SSW 211° | 1,351 m | 12.5 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | NE 52° | 1,348 m | 13.9 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | SE 145° | 1,339 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 35 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glady 1 N, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523926
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