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Little Mountain

Little Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Mountain rises to 434 m in West Virginia. High Point stands 789 m to the south, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Almost Heaven Sign, a attraction 1.6 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4637039

Wikidata Q31717961, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
434 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.49121, -78.35862

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Community Fishing Holes: 3.2 mi
  • Paw Paw Town Park: 5.6 mi
  • Rt. 522 Ball Field Complex: 6.4 mi
  • Rickli Memorial Soccer Complex: 6.5 mi
  • Reynolds Store Neighborhood Park: 7.9 mi
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 24
Artworks: 15
  • Morgan Arts Council: 11.8 mi
  • Welcome Pineapple: 22.3 mi
  • An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 22.5 mi
  • Bites of Local Life Apple Statue: 22.6 mi
  • White House Apple Statue: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Almost Heaven Sign: 1.6 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 1.6 mi
  • Farnham Colossi: 7.3 mi
  • Captain's Quarters: 20.6 mi
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 20.6 mi
Springs: 6
  • Natural Spring: 1.6 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 2.2 mi
  • Neglar Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Dawson Spring: 21.5 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Beach 1: 12.6 mi
  • Beach 3: 12.8 mi
  • Beach 2: 13.0 mi
  • River Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Mountain Falls: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 11.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointS 169°789 m3.4 mi
Spring Gap MountainWSW 251°679 m6.9 mi
Cacapon 2NE 39°673 m4.0 mi
Warrior MountainWNW 303°650 m16.6 mi
Bens KnobSSW 209°617 m18.4 mi
Cooper MountainSSW 209°617 m18.4 mi
Betsy KnobNW 309°604 m17.1 mi
Sleepy Creek MountainESE 105°580 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:26
June solstice05:4720:0420:45
September equinox07:0218:3719:12
December solstice07:3116:1116:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526169747265544335
Precip in3.62.23.03.54.44.94.33.14.43.32.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356518268

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