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Mill Mountain

Mill Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Mill Mountain rises to 1,006 m in West Virginia. Devils Benchmark stands 995 m to the west-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandstone Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 23 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 5555587

Wikidata Q31718350, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1006 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.97844, -78.63140

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
Museums: 23
Historic sites: 19
  • Van Buren Furnace: 4.0 mi
  • Collie Grave: 5.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 16.0 mi
  • South Carolina Monument: 17.4 mi
  • 128th New York Monument: 17.4 mi
Springs: 15
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Pavilian: 18.2 mi
  • Blue Hole Day Use Area: 22.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 24.2 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Cootie Bug: 18.3 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 18.4 mi
  • Love: 23.2 mi
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 23.9 mi
  • Warrior Statue: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Mill Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devils BenchmarkWSW 238°995 m6.3 mi
Sugar KnobE 97°976 m1.1 mi
Little Sluice MountainESE 122°951 m1.9 mi
Long MountainWSW 247°951 m4.6 mi
Snyder KnobWSW 246°936 m8.3 mi
Paddy MountainENE 62°910 m4.2 mi
Cove MountainWSW 239°898 m12.2 mi
Big SchlossSW 216°894 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:5020:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3116:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506068727164534334
Precip in2.32.02.93.13.93.83.73.63.82.92.72.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wardensville R M Farm, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356524596

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