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Nathaniel Mountain

Nathaniel Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Nathaniel Mountain rises to 839 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.9 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 23 miles off.

About

The story

Nathaniel Mountain is a mountain ridge that runs southwest northeast through Hampshire County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, rising to its greatest elevation of 2,739 feet (835 m) above sea-level. The mountain is bound at its western flank by the South Branch Potomac River and to its eastern flank by South Branch Mountain 3,028 feet (923 m). The bulk of Nathaniel Mountain is located within the Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA) owned by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. The rugged topography of Nathaniel Mountain and its WMA is dominated by mature oak and hickory forests with Virginia pine. The mountain also supports a habitat for a variety of neo-tropical migratory birds and two wetlands identified by The Nature Conservancy. Nathaniel Mountain's forested wetlands are a unique find at such a high elevation. The wetlands include a number of plant species not common in the region, including sphagnum moss (Sphagnum andersonianum) and the cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea). White-tailed deer, wild turkeys, squirrels, black bears, and grouse may be pursued by hunters on the mountain. Nathaniel Mountain's Mill Run serves as a habitat for rainbow trout and native brook trout.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6969779, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
839 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.20931, -78.79445
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 41
  • Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
  • Break Neck Over Look: 4.7 mi
  • Peterkin Camp and Conference Center: 6.1 mi
  • Hampshire Park: 6.4 mi
  • Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
Springs: 10
Museums: 9
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Waterfalls: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 9.0 mi
  • River Beach: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Old grape garden: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Nathaniel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainSSE 151°1,006 m18.2 mi
Sugar KnobSSE 148°976 m18.9 mi
Black RockWNW 299°963 m19.3 mi
Long MountainSSE 166°951 m18.3 mi
PinnacleNW 308°950 m19.3 mi
Snyder KnobS 177°936 m19.4 mi
Paddy MountainSE 138°910 m18.7 mi
Bald KnobSSE 160°874 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:27
June solstice05:5020:0520:46
September equinox07:0318:3919:14
December solstice07:3216:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441526270747265544334
Precip in2.42.23.23.43.83.64.73.73.62.82.22.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romney 1 SW, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555190 — Nathaniel Mountain, Hampshire County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356525118

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