Owlshead
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. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 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
- 8.1 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 13.9 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
- 26.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiedaisch Point · 18 mi
47 named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knob: 10.5 mi
- English Hill: 12.6 mi
- Dodd Hill: 13.6 mi
- Haystack Hill: 13.8 mi
- Edwards Hill: 13.8 mi
- Jug Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Conaway Run Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Leith Run Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
- Paden City Park: 11.5 mi
- Reynolds Mound: 12.2 mi
- Kiedaisch Point Park: 17.7 mi
- Clarington 254 Park: 22.3 mi
- Rothenbuhler Woods Nature Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Piatt Park Gorge & Cave Area: 22.8 mi
- Upper Piatt Falls: 23.1 mi
- Lower Piatt Falls: 23.1 mi
- Old Stone House Museum: 10.7 mi
- Irish Run Natural Bridge: 13.0 mi
- Glenn Rocks: 14.3 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owlshead | ENE 67° | 442 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Jacobs | NNE 30° | 421 m | 15.2 mi |
| King Knob | S 184° | 412 m | 18.6 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 4° | 409 m | 10.5 mi |
| Buzzard Rocks | SW 234° | 388 m | 20.8 mi |
| Boston Hill | NNE 16° | 379 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mulberry Knob | NNW 335° | 370 m | 19.4 mi |
| Duffy Hill | NNE 16° | 353 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middlebourne 3 ESE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356519740
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