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Negro Mountain

Negro Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Negro Mountain rises to 864 m in West Virginia. Arnolds Knob stands 1,186 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Slaty Mountain Preserve, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 2.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31718514, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
864 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.64401, -80.29034

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
Nature reserves: 9
Cliffs: 8
Attractions: 7
Springs: 6
  • Big Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Cove Creek Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Old Sweet Springs: 2.9 mi
  • Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 3.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Middle Cascades: 3.4 mi
  • The Cascades: 3.4 mi
  • Beaverdam Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Falling Spring Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Cascades: 24.6 mi
Museums: 5
  • Second Creek Mill: 9.2 mi
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Craig County Historical Society: 13.9 mi
  • Alleghany Historical Society: 19.0 mi
  • Botetourt County Historical Society & Museum, Inc: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Artworks: 1
  • Udderly Chic(k): 5.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Negro Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Arnolds KnobSSW 196°1,186 m10.9 mi
Hanging RockSW 223°1,153 m13.1 mi
Moteshard MountainSSW 201°1,136 m11.8 mi
Sinking Creek MountainSSE 161°1,117 m15.1 mi
Chimney RockSSE 164°1,108 m15.2 mi
Hanging RockSE 138°1,102 m7.5 mi
Earn KnobSSE 157°1,097 m15.2 mi
Nicholls KnobE 85°1,084 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5919:33
June solstice06:0120:0820:47
September equinox07:1018:4519:20
December solstice07:3316:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441516067717064534234
Precip in3.02.83.73.74.53.74.13.33.62.72.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — White Sulphur Springs, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1556687 — Negro Mountain, Monroe County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356526240

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