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Owlshead

Owlshead, seen from above at true elevation

Owlshead rises to 434 m in West Virginia. The nearest named place is Jug Wildlife Management Area, a park 4.8 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 8.1 miles off. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31718626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
434 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.43897, -80.95705

Overlooks nearby

49 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 20
Parks: 19
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Upper Piatt Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Lower Piatt Falls: 23.1 mi
Museums: 1
  • Old Stone House Museum: 10.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Irish Run Natural Bridge: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Willow Island disaster memorial: 18.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Owlshead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
OwlsheadENE 67°442 m18.1 mi
Mount JacobsNNE 30°421 m15.2 mi
King KnobS 184°412 m18.6 mi
Buck KnobN 4°409 m10.5 mi
Buzzard RocksSW 234°388 m20.8 mi
King KnobSSW 194°386 m22.1 mi
Boston HillNNE 16°379 m15.8 mi
Mulberry KnobNNW 335°370 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:36
June solstice05:5820:1520:55
September equinox07:1218:4719:23
December solstice07:4116:2217:04

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293240516169737165534234
Precip in3.73.34.03.94.54.95.14.03.73.33.13.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middlebourne 3 ESE, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356519740

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