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Little Mountain

Little Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Mountain rises to 757 m in West Virginia. Devils Benchmark stands 995 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Helmick Rock, a cliff 3.6 miles away.

The story

mountain in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31717945, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
757 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.94511, -78.96892

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Mathias Community Center: 7.1 mi
  • Brighton Park: 7.4 mi
  • Welton Park: 7.4 mi
  • Michael Brothers Memorial Park: 8.2 mi
  • Petersburg City Park: 9.0 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Cootie Bug: 22.7 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 22.8 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 24.7 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Gardens: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devils BenchmarkE 95°995 m12.8 mi
Spring MountainSW 230°951 m13.5 mi
Long MountainE 88°951 m13.9 mi
Snyder KnobE 96°936 m10.6 mi
Reynolds KnobSSW 208°930 m10.7 mi
Elkhorn RockWSW 255°910 m4.3 mi
Elkhorn MountainWSW 255°910 m4.3 mi
Foremost MountainSSW 208°905 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5120:0520:45
September equinox07:0418:4019:15
December solstice07:3216:1616:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442526270747366554335
Precip in2.21.72.93.13.83.74.43.33.52.52.02.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moorefield 1 SSE, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554969 — Little Mountain, Hardy County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356525055

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