Pond Mountain
Pond Mountain rises to 955 m in West Virginia. Kile Knob stands 1,395 m to the northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Knob, a peak 1.5 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31474602, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 955 m
How to reach it
- 17.9 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 17.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 24.0 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 26.3 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Knob: 1.5 mi
- Mitchell Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Kettlefield Knob: 2.7 mi
- Brushy Knob: 2.9 mi
- Neds Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 3.6 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 6.5 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 10.1 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 10.1 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 11.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 12.1 mi
- Hiner Spring: 13.6 mi
- Maple Spring: 13.8 mi
- Locust Spring: 14.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 5.5 mi
- Southern Pillar: 18.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 18.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 18.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 18.9 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 10.7 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 12.7 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 14.0 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 14.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 15.3 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 15.5 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 17.1 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 17.3 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 21.1 mi
- Locust Springs: 14.0 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 14.5 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 17.6 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 14.8 mi
- Highland County Museum: 16.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 18.9 mi
- Sites Homestead: 19.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 15.8 mi
- Small waterfall: 16.0 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 18.7 mi
- Smoke Hole: 21.2 mi
- Gertrude: 22.9 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 22.7 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kile Knob | NW 306° | 1,395 m | 6.5 mi |
| Panther Knob | W 272° | 1,371 m | 6.0 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | W 266° | 1,370 m | 8.0 mi |
| Pike Knob | NNW 339° | 1,308 m | 7.9 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,258 m | 7.2 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | N 352° | 1,243 m | 9.9 mi |
| Ruleman Mountain | WNW 293° | 1,233 m | 4.7 mi |
| Simmons Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,121 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555389 — Pond Mountain, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525204
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