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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: 28
  • 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: 8
Museums: 7
Attractions: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Collie Grave: 17.1 mi
  • Stony River Dam: 22.1 mi
  • Van Buren Furnace: 22.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 22.3 mi
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 BenchmarkE995 m12.8 mi
Long MountainE951 m13.9 mi
Snyder KnobE936 m10.6 mi
Reynolds KnobSSW930 m10.7 mi
Ant KnobSSW916 m14.1 mi
Elkhorn MountainWSW910 m4.3 mi
Elkhorn RockWSW910 m4.3 mi
Foremost MountainSSW905 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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