Nettle Mountain
Nettle Mountain rises to 1,011 m in West Virginia. Beech Flat Knob stands 1,433 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley Bend Wetland Wildlife Management Area, a park 2.3 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 2.0 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31718547, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,011 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 6.1 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 12.1 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 16.4 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
128 named places within 25 miles
- Bear Knob: 5.3 mi
- Long Run Hill: 5.6 mi
- Imboden Knob: 6.2 mi
- Kelly Knob: 6.3 mi
- Harper Knob: 6.5 mi
- Valley Bend Wetland Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
- Mill Creek City Park: 3.4 mi
- George Ward Elementary School Park: 3.6 mi
- Huttonsville Park: 4.8 mi
- Huttonsville Farm Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Pat Spring: 15.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 15.7 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 16.2 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 17.3 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 22.5 mi
- Wilson Monument: 10.0 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 12.0 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.8 mi
- Upshur War Monument: 20.0 mi
- High Falls: 10.9 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 19.8 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 21.2 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 21.2 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 6.9 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 12.0 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 19.8 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 12.4 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 20.0 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 13.0 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 21.9 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 13.1 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 18.7 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 19.1 mi
- Locust Springs: 22.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 10.1 mi
- Gertrude: 13.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nettle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Flat Knob | S 179° | 1,433 m | 19.6 mi |
| Snyder Knob | S 177° | 1,432 m | 16.9 mi |
| Pharis Knob | E 98° | 1,410 m | 19.1 mi |
| Ward Knob | S 178° | 1,385 m | 18.3 mi |
| Crouch Knob | S 176° | 1,374 m | 14.5 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | SSE 148° | 1,351 m | 13.6 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | ESE 108° | 1,339 m | 17.9 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,336 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins- Randolph CO AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525124
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- Buckhannon · 20 mi
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