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.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31718547, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1011 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
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 14 mi
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 20.8 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
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 20 mi
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