Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 802 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.2 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31469894, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 802 m
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 29.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Nathaniel Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Stony Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Green Knob: 4.9 mi
- Long Knob: 5.1 mi
- Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
- Break Neck Over Look: 4.7 mi
- Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Peterkin Camp and Conference Center: 5.9 mi
- Hampshire Park: 6.2 mi
- Big Spring: 11.6 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 13.6 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 14.4 mi
- Arie Vankan Spring: 14.7 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 15.3 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 8.8 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 20.1 mi
- Collie Grave: 22.5 mi
- Masonry Overfall: 23.6 mi
- Hanging Rock: 12.2 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 12.9 mi
- Dog Cliff: 18.2 mi
- Helmick Rock: 18.3 mi
- Three High Heads: 18.3 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 8.8 mi
- Literary Hall: 8.8 mi
- Davis History House: 8.9 mi
- Capon Bridge Museum: 18.9 mi
- Westernport Heritage Society Museum: 23.7 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 8.5 mi
- McCoole Fish Management Area: 20.2 mi
- Gary A Yoder Fish Management Area: 20.4 mi
- Lost River State Park: 21.6 mi
- Fort Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 22.5 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 8.6 mi
- River Beach: 14.8 mi
- Beach 3: 24.5 mi
- Beach 1: 24.7 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 17.4 mi
- Mountain Falls: 20.2 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 22.8 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 10.2 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 14.8 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 18.7 mi
- Old grape garden: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,006 m | 17.9 mi |
| Sugar Knob | SSE 152° | 976 m | 18.6 mi |
| Long Mountain | S 170° | 951 m | 18.4 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | SE 142° | 910 m | 18.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 170° | 874 m | 8.3 mi |
| Short Mountain | S 170° | 874 m | 8.3 mi |
| Pinnacle | ESE 105° | 864 m | 18.7 mi |
| Halfmoon Mountain | SSE 153° | 854 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:05 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romney 1 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525192
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