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Little Beech Mountain

Little Beech Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Beech Mountain rises to 1,110 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is High Falls, a waterfall 2.9 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 8.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31717887, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1110 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.76983, -79.72423

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 8
  • 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
Cliffs: 7
  • Southern Pillar: 19.7 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 19.7 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 19.7 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 19.8 mi
  • Raven Rocks: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 5
  • 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
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Seneca Caverns: 18.1 mi
  • Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 22.7 mi
  • Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Artworks: 1
  • H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 12.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Little Beech Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce KnobESE 115°1,482 m11.4 mi
Pharis KnobESE 111°1,410 m5.6 mi
Kile KnobSE 129°1,395 m16.8 mi
Horse RockE 95°1,374 m12.1 mi
Job KnobENE 58°1,353 m12.8 mi
Gaudineer KnobSSW 211°1,351 m12.5 mi
Brierpatch MountainNE 52°1,348 m13.9 mi
Cunningham KnobSE 145°1,339 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5520:0820:48
September equinox07:0718:4319:18
December solstice07:3416:1917:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835465563666659483830
Precip in4.54.04.85.26.25.05.74.14.53.73.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glady 1 N, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356523926

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