Owlshead
Owlshead rises to 442 m in West Virginia. Catherines Knob stands 522 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewis Wetzel Wildlife Management Area, a park 2.4 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31718633, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 442 m
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 26.3 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 27.4 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kiedaisch Point · 16 mi
71 named places within 25 miles
- Lewis Wetzel Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Curtisville Lake Park and Campground: 9.0 mi
- Jug Wildlife Management Area: 13.3 mi
- Brooklyn Park: 13.3 mi
- Bruce Park: 13.7 mi
- Mount Jacobs: 11.0 mi
- Lough Knob: 14.6 mi
- Duffy Hill: 14.7 mi
- Boston Hill: 15.0 mi
- Shepherd Hill: 16.3 mi
- Kiedaisch Point Park: 15.9 mi
- Clarington 254 Park: 19.7 mi
- Sunfish Creek State Forest: 21.4 mi
- Rothenbuhler Woods Nature Preserve: 23.2 mi
- West Augusta Historical Society Museum: 16.5 mi
- Bice-Ferguson Museum: 20.8 mi
- Old Stone House Museum: 24.9 mi
- Glenn Rocks: 13.6 mi
- The Cliff: 24.8 mi
- Spencer Cemetery: 23.3 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 24.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherines Knob | ENE 73° | 522 m | 23.0 mi |
| Bake Oven Knob | ENE 72° | 505 m | 17.5 mi |
| Honsocker Knob | NE 48° | 493 m | 16.8 mi |
| Devines Knob | ENE 68° | 488 m | 22.7 mi |
| Lough Knob | NE 38° | 484 m | 14.6 mi |
| Efaw Knob | ENE 60° | 483 m | 20.5 mi |
| Fort Knob | ENE 66° | 481 m | 23.0 mi |
| Culley Hill | NNE 15° | 475 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:14 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:20 | 17:03 |
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 | 31 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mannington 8 WNW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1544498 — Owlshead, Wetzel County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356519742
Day trips start here
- Shinnston · 21 mi
- Clarksburg · 24 mi
- Bridgeport · 27 mi
- Fairmont · 27 mi
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