Poore Hill
Poore Hill rises to 212 m in West Virginia. Blue Knob stands 420 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kiwanivista Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31475130, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 212 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 20.8 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Kiwanivista Park: 1.0 mi
- Barboursville Skate Park: 4.4 mi
- April Dawn Park: 4.5 mi
- Nancy Cartmill Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Jarel Sargent Park: 4.9 mi
- A Buck for All Seasons: 4.5 mi
- The Apple Remedy: 4.5 mi
- The Seeker: 4.5 mi
- Sir Volundeer: 4.5 mi
- Village in Bloom: 4.5 mi
- Huddleston Knob: 2.8 mi
- Gobbler Knob: 3.6 mi
- Rich Knob: 4.7 mi
- Porter Knob: 5.5 mi
- Signal Knob: 8.5 mi
- Milton Veterans Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 4.5 mi
- 1970 Plane Crash Memorial: 11.1 mi
- The Marshall Beech Tree: 11.7 mi
- B'nai B'rith Holocaust Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Touma Museum of Medicine: 12.4 mi
- Museum of Radio & Technology: 14.1 mi
- The Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Museum: 14.3 mi
- Taylor Auto Collections: 14.5 mi
- Ramsdell House: 18.5 mi
- Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 11.1 mi
- C&O 1308: 14.3 mi
- Indian Rock: 20.7 mi
- Anderson Compass Plant Prairie: 19.3 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 19.7 mi
- Ritter Park Rose Garden: 12.3 mi
- Central Park Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Poore Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | SE 144° | 420 m | 24.1 mi |
| Cove Knob | S 183° | 410 m | 24.2 mi |
| Turkeycamp Knob | SSW 197° | 380 m | 17.1 mi |
| Stowers Knob | SSE 150° | 378 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mays Knob | SSW 199° | 374 m | 15.8 mi |
| Flag Knob | S 181° | 368 m | 13.3 mi |
| Squirrel Knob | S 191° | 368 m | 15.3 mi |
| Saddle Knob | SSW 202° | 359 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:17 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — PEA Ridge PSD, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356536597
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- Huntington · 13 mi
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