Plumley Mountain
Plumley Mountain rises to 899 m in West Virginia. Red Spring Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Irish Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off.
The story
Plumley Mountain is a mountain in Raleigh County, West Virginia. The mountain is named for the Plumley family of West Virginia history, and its highest elevation is at Plumley Knob.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q31472732, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 899 m
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 16.3 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 17.7 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 15 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 25 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Irish Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Smith Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Plumley Knob: 3.0 mi
- Sullivan Knob: 3.7 mi
- Freezeland Mountain: 4.3 mi
- New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls: 4.5 mi
- New River Gorge National River: 8.8 mi
- Beckley Soccer Complex: 8.9 mi
- McKendreee Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 9.2 mi
- Freedom Park: 10.2 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 19.9 mi
- Endless Wall: 20.0 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 20.0 mi
- Fern Point Area: 20.1 mi
- World War II Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 9.1 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 12.1 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 12.5 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 13.6 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 8.5 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 8.5 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 8.6 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 11.6 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 11.6 mi
- Grandview: 6.3 mi
- Needleseye Park: 16.1 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 19.2 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 21.6 mi
- Ship Rock: 8.5 mi
- The Canopy: 12.4 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 15.0 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 21.2 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 4.4 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 4.4 mi
- Brooks Falls: 6.3 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Plumley Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Spring Mountain | E 88° | 1,169 m | 14.7 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | E 96° | 1,116 m | 13.0 mi |
| Boggs Knob | NE 48° | 1,102 m | 15.1 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | E 97° | 1,095 m | 12.3 mi |
| Huff Knob | SSW 209° | 1,088 m | 14.5 mi |
| Elk Knob | ESE 106° | 1,078 m | 11.6 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,078 m | 14.4 mi |
| Walnut Knob | NNE 14° | 1,049 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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 | 43 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley Raleigh CO AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1545071 — Plumley Mountain, Raleigh County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356520333
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