Locust Mountain
Locust Mountain rises to 788 m in West Virginia. Cow Knob stands 1,231 m to the south-southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31718057, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 788 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Spring Mountain: 0.9 mi
- High Knob: 1.0 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 3.6 mi
- Little Sweedlin Hill: 4.1 mi
- Dunkle Knob: 4.5 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 2.6 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
- Ruddle Park: 8.4 mi
- Echo Park: 12.2 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.2 mi
- Lower Slabs: 10.3 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 10.3 mi
- Southern Pillar: 10.3 mi
- Baker Rocks: 13.8 mi
- Hall Spring: 11.3 mi
- Sand Spring: 11.6 mi
- Maple Spring: 19.9 mi
- Shenandoah Alum Springs: 20.6 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 20.9 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 11.9 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 20.6 mi
- Bryce Resort: 22.2 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 16.9 mi
- Small waterfall: 18.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 18.1 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 22.5 mi
- Smoke Hole: 6.4 mi
- Stringtown: 20.0 mi
- Mill Run: 24.2 mi
- Sites Homestead: 10.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 10.7 mi
- Plains District Memorial Museum: 24.9 mi
- Lost River State Park: 16.7 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 20.3 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 20.8 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 17.6 mi
- Stony River Dam: 23.2 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 13.5 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Locust Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cow Knob | SSE 151° | 1,231 m | 9.7 mi |
| North Fork Peak | NNW 329° | 1,083 m | 9.9 mi |
| Black Lick Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,040 m | 10.6 mi |
| Rader Knob | SE 140° | 1,019 m | 9.7 mi |
| Spring Mountain | ENE 66° | 951 m | 0.9 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | SW 215° | 939 m | 5.8 mi |
| Reynolds Knob | E 94° | 930 m | 6.2 mi |
| Fisher Mountain | SSW 198° | 918 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525066
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