Moon Hill
Moon Hill rises to 447 m in West Virginia. Mast Knob stands 1,221 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31718421, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 447 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 14.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 24.5 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugar Knob: 0.8 mi
- Green Hill: 1.7 mi
- High Knob: 1.7 mi
- Cochran Knob: 2.6 mi
- Moss Knob: 3.3 mi
- Fort Pickens Monument: 0.9 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 5.4 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 5.6 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Gilmer County: 14.4 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 16.8 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 16.8 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 16.9 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 6.2 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 17.0 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 17.0 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 17.1 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 17.1 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 3.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 7.2 mi
- Raven Rocks: 23.0 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 9.2 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 11.0 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 22.4 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 9.7 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 9.9 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 11.6 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 15.2 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 16.9 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 24.3 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 5.7 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 15.3 mi
- Bulltown: 5.7 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 18.6 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Moon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mast Knob | SE 127° | 1,221 m | 20.2 mi |
| Back Fork Mountain | SE 133° | 1,138 m | 19.8 mi |
| Turkeybone Mountain | SE 127° | 1,132 m | 18.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | ESE 108° | 1,113 m | 19.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,083 m | 19.4 mi |
| Round Knob | ESE 121° | 1,073 m | 19.3 mi |
| High Germany Knob | E 100° | 1,065 m | 18.7 mi |
| Pisgah Knob | SE 136° | 1,018 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Cave 2 NE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525110
Day trips start here
- Weston · 17 mi
- Buckhannon · 19 mi
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