Pinnickinnick Mountain
Pinnickinnick Mountain rises to 443 m in West Virginia. Deen Knob stands 629 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Montpelier Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 2.6 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Pinnickinnick Mountain is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 1,453 feet (443 m), Pinnickinnick Mountain is the 774th highest summit in the state of West Virginia. Pinnickinnick Mountain was named after a herb native to the area which was used to make tea.
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Wikidata Q31470550, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 443 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 18.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Montpelier Park: 0.2 mi
- Jackson Park: 0.5 mi
- North Side Playground: 0.7 mi
- Quality Hill Historic District: 0.7 mi
- Monticello Playground: 0.8 mi
- Duncan Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.0 mi
- Patton Knob: 9.0 mi
- Copeland Knob: 10.1 mi
- Pewee Knob: 10.6 mi
- Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower: 12.7 mi
- Jane Lew: 12.8 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 14.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 16.6 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 16.6 mi
- Bice-Ferguson Museum: 7.8 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 16.3 mi
- West Augusta Historical Society Museum: 16.6 mi
- Telephone Museum: 17.0 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 17.0 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 15.1 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 24.9 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 25.0 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 17.6 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 18.6 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pinnickinnick Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deen Knob | SSE 151° | 629 m | 23.3 mi |
| King Knob | ESE 122° | 601 m | 14.1 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | NE 54° | 579 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bear Knob | S 172° | 570 m | 15.9 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | NE 54° | 544 m | 21.3 mi |
| Copeland Knob | E 81° | 541 m | 10.1 mi |
| Buckhannon Mountain | S 183° | 541 m | 22.4 mi |
| Purgatory Hill | S 188° | 538 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksburg 1, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356520134
Day trips start here
- Clarksburg · 1 mi
- Bridgeport · 4 mi
- Shinnston · 8 mi
- Fairmont · 17 mi
- Grafton · 17 mi
- Weston · 18 mi
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