Purgatory Hill
Purgatory Hill rises to 538 m in West Virginia. High Germany Knob stands 1,065 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area, a park 4.0 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 0.9 miles off. 137 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31480635, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 538 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 18.6 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 19.0 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 20.8 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
137 named places within 25 miles
- Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
- Weston City Park: 4.7 mi
- Boat Dock: 4.9 mi
- Weston Downtown Historic District: 4.9 mi
- The Holt Park / Holt Family: 5.0 mi
- Buckhannon Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Fisher Summit: 4.6 mi
- Pine Knob: 4.8 mi
- Wolf Fork Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Bear Knob: 5.6 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 4.9 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 5.0 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 5.1 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 5.1 mi
- The East and West Second Street Bridge: 5.1 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 4.9 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 5.0 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 5.1 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 5.3 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 15.0 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 5.0 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 11.6 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 23.4 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 17.9 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 23.4 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 25.0 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 7.8 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 11.5 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 19.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 22.7 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 8.0 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 18.6 mi
- Bulltown: 18.7 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Purgatory Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Germany Knob | SE 143° | 1,065 m | 23.4 mi |
| Long Run Hill | SE 129° | 876 m | 21.4 mi |
| Kelly Knob | SE 129° | 813 m | 19.3 mi |
| Church Knob | SE 133° | 736 m | 17.4 mi |
| Big Run Knob | SSE 157° | 732 m | 16.6 mi |
| Cleveland Mountain | S 177° | 647 m | 18.8 mi |
| Deen Knob | E 97° | 629 m | 14.1 mi |
| Prit Mountain | S 175° | 602 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stonewall Jackson DAM, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555423 — Purgatory Hill, Lewis County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525218
Day trips start here
- Weston · 5 mi
- Buckhannon · 8 mi
- Clarksburg · 18 mi
- Bridgeport · 21 mi
- Shinnston · 27 mi
- Grafton · 30 mi
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