Little Mountain
Little Mountain rises to 559 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.1 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31718003, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 559 m
How to reach it
- 21.3 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 26.8 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 28.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Nathaniel Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Green Knob: 2.7 mi
- Long Knob: 3.1 mi
- Fairview Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 1.1 mi
- Break Neck Over Look: 3.0 mi
- Peterkin Camp and Conference Center: 4.7 mi
- Hampshire Park: 4.9 mi
- Fort Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Big Spring: 13.6 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 15.2 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 16.5 mi
- Arie Vankan Spring: 16.8 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 17.2 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 8.0 mi
- Piercie Paugh Homestead Site: 22.0 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 22.2 mi
- Masonry Overfall: 23.0 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 12.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 13.9 mi
- Helmick Rock: 18.6 mi
- Dog Cliff: 20.6 mi
- Three High Heads: 20.6 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 7.9 mi
- McCoole Fish Management Area: 18.1 mi
- Gary A Yoder Fish Management Area: 18.4 mi
- Fort Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 20.8 mi
- Lost River State Park: 22.2 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 8.1 mi
- Davis History House: 8.1 mi
- Literary Hall: 8.1 mi
- Capon Bridge Museum: 20.6 mi
- Westernport Heritage Society Museum: 21.5 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 19.3 mi
- Mountain Falls: 22.4 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 24.1 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 7.7 mi
- River Beach: 14.6 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 9.5 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 14.4 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 20.1 mi
- Old grape garden: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,006 m | 19.9 mi |
| Black Rock | WNW 296° | 963 m | 17.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | SSE 165° | 951 m | 20.0 mi |
| Pinnacle | NW 306° | 950 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 159° | 874 m | 9.9 mi |
| Short Mountain | SSE 159° | 874 m | 9.9 mi |
| Halfmoon Mountain | SSE 149° | 854 m | 18.5 mi |
| Nathaniel Mountain | SSE 153° | 839 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romney 1 SW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1542177 — Little Mountain, Hampshire County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356518267
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