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Pond Lick Mountain

Pond Lick Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pond Lick Mountain rises to 1,222 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Pat Spring, a spring 1.5 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 5.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31474539, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1222 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.89122, -79.73645

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
Springs: 8
  • Pat Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Lorraine Burke Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Ernest Carr Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Harlan Irons Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Bubbling Springs: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Historic sites: 7
  • Wilson Monument: 6.1 mi
  • Elkins Roundhouse: 6.7 mi
  • 1971 Plane Crash Site: 15.5 mi
  • Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 19.9 mi
  • Historic Coke Ovens: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Seneca Rocks: 20.2 mi
  • Southern Pillar: 20.3 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 20.3 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 20.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 24.3 mi
Museums: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 20.2 mi
  • Seneca Caverns: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 6.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Pond Lick Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce KnobSE 140°1,482 m17.2 mi
Mount Porte CrayonE 80°1,452 m15.3 mi
Green KnobE 88°1,424 m15.7 mi
Pharis KnobSSE 150°1,410 m11.9 mi
Haystack KnobE 87°1,376 m16.1 mi
Horse RockSE 127°1,374 m15.9 mi
Weiss KnobENE 67°1,359 m17.9 mi
Job KnobE 98°1,353 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5520:0820:48
September equinox07:0718:4319:18
December solstice07:3516:1917:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835465563666659483830
Precip in4.54.04.85.26.25.05.74.14.53.73.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glady 1 N, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356524317

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