Pinnacle
Pinnacle rises to 948 m in West Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle Rock, a peak 0.4 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail runs past it.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31470218, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 948 m
How to reach it
- On the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 2.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 17.7 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 27.2 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinnacle Rock: 0.4 mi
- Browning Lambert Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Coaldale Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Johns Knob: 6.1 mi
- Black Oak Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Bramell Historic District: 1.4 mi
- Pocahontas Historic District: 3.3 mi
- Pocahontas Town Park: 3.3 mi
- Chiefs Park: 5.0 mi
- Town Park: 5.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 7.6 mi
- Stone Arch: 9.6 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 13.9 mi
- This Way: 15.7 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 0.6 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 15.8 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 10.4 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 11.4 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 11.4 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 21.3 mi
- Hix: 20.3 mi
- Pickshin: 22.1 mi
- Lilly: 24.7 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 24.9 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 5.1 mi
- City Garden: 9.8 mi
- Sharon Springs: 19.0 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 19.6 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,437 m | 18.3 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | SSW 202° | 1,348 m | 16.6 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | SSW 199° | 1,344 m | 19.5 mi |
| East River Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,331 m | 13.1 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SSW 211° | 1,304 m | 12.5 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | S 176° | 1,270 m | 15.5 mi |
| Short Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,258 m | 14.4 mi |
| Ghost Knob | SSW 201° | 1,250 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluefield Mercer CO AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356520120
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