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Potato Hill

Potato Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Potato Hill rises to 238 m in West Virginia. High Point stands 789 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hedgesville Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 0.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31476405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
238 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.55982, -77.99055

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums: 32
  • CCC museum: 3.5 mi
  • Belle Boyd House: 7.1 mi
  • For the Kids by George Children's Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Washington County Rural Heritage Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Museum of Berkeley Springs: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Captain's Quarters: 3.5 mi
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 3.6 mi
  • Lock 40: 12.4 mi
  • Lock 38 Path: 13.2 mi
  • Little House: 13.3 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Springs: 11
  • Neglar Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 13.5 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 18.0 mi
  • Natural Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 7.9 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 18.8 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 18.9 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 20.7 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Beach 2: 24.6 mi
  • Beach 1: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Four Square Garden: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dargan Bend: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Potato Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointWSW 247°789 m20.6 mi
Cacapon 2W 265°673 m17.2 mi
Cross MountainN 360°627 m11.7 mi
Hearthstone MountainN 5°616 m10.6 mi
Sleepy Creek MountainWSW 237°580 m13.0 mi
Purslane MountainW 275°568 m20.3 mi
Shockeys KnobSW 227°567 m17.2 mi
Pinkerton KnobW 260°549 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4520:0320:44
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:3016:0916:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536371767467554436
Precip in2.82.63.73.64.23.54.13.04.23.33.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsburg 2, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555397 — Potato Hill, Berkeley County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356525208

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