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River Hill

River Hill, seen from above at true elevation

River Hill rises to 1,009 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the north, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31489658, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1009 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.59178, -79.53533

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 27
  • Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.7 mi
  • Thorn Spring Park: 9.9 mi
  • Camp Hidden Meadows: 10.5 mi
  • Old House Run Recreation Area: 11.5 mi
  • Franklin Town Park: 11.9 mi
Springs: 11
Historic sites: 9
  • 1971 Plane Crash Site: 12.1 mi
  • Camp Bartow Historic Site: 13.4 mi
  • Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 16.7 mi
  • Old Sexton Cabin: 19.9 mi
  • Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 20.9 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 9.4 mi
  • Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 10.9 mi
  • Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 12.0 mi
  • Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 12.6 mi
  • Seneca Caverns: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Raven Rocks: 12.2 mi
  • Southern Pillar: 18.9 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 19.0 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 19.0 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Museums: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of River Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce KnobN 1°1,482 m7.5 mi
Kile KnobENE 60°1,395 m3.3 mi
Panther KnobSE 132°1,371 m2.9 mi
Snowy MountainS 178°1,370 m2.6 mi
Cunningham KnobNW 318°1,339 m10.3 mi
Pike KnobNE 45°1,308 m7.4 mi
Yokum KnobNNW 328°1,301 m10.9 mi
Fork MountainWSW 254°1,290 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5519:30
June solstice05:5520:0720:47
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3316:1917:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936475664676660493830
Precip in3.43.04.13.84.93.94.13.63.52.92.93.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356525233

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