Pifer Mountain
Pifer Mountain rises to 835 m in West Virginia. Weiss Knob stands 1,359 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 10 miles off.
The story
Pifer Mountain is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 2,740 feet (840 m), Pifer Mountain is the 472nd highest summit in the state of West Virginia. Pifer Mountain has the name of Andrew Pifer.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q31467854, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 835 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 10.4 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 17.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 20.1 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Texas Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Limestone Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Polecat Knob: 7.4 mi
- Turkey Knob: 8.3 mi
- Fork Mountain: 8.8 mi
- St George Park: 3.5 mi
- Mill Race: 7.8 mi
- River City Park: 7.8 mi
- Nursery Bottom: 8.1 mi
- Blackwater Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Generation Museum: 12.7 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 14.8 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 18.3 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 24.2 mi
- Garrett County Historical Museum: 24.9 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 13.9 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 14.0 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 18.3 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 20.6 mi
- Wilson Monument: 21.0 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 9.6 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 19.8 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 20.0 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 21.2 mi
- Pat Spring: 21.5 mi
- Albert Falls: 13.8 mi
- Douglas Falls: 13.9 mi
- Elakala Falls: 15.3 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 16.0 mi
- Kempton: 15.3 mi
- Mill Run: 16.5 mi
- Stringtown: 20.6 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 15.3 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 23.0 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 23.2 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 20.5 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 22.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 23.7 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 17.9 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Pifer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weiss Knob | SE 125° | 1,359 m | 22.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 123° | 1,332 m | 21.8 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,331 m | 22.3 mi |
| Cabin | ESE 119° | 1,304 m | 22.4 mi |
| Pointy Knob | SE 126° | 1,265 m | 17.8 mi |
| Canaan Mountain | SE 126° | 1,265 m | 17.8 mi |
| Pond Lick Mountain | S 175° | 1,222 m | 20.1 mi |
| Stuart Knob | S 170° | 1,221 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parsons 3 SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555344 — Pifer Mountain, Tucker County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525170
Day trips start here
- Grafton · 17 mi
- Kingwood · 20 mi
- Bridgeport · 27 mi
- Buckhannon · 28 mi
- Fairmont · 29 mi
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