River Mountain
River Mountain rises to 675 m in West Virginia. Pike Knob stands 1,308 m to the west-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Ruddle Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31489723, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 675 m
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 26.9 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Tract Hill: 1.0 mi
- Sand Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Clifton Knob: 2.0 mi
- High Knob: 2.1 mi
- Ore Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Ruddle Park: 1.0 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 5.6 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 8.5 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 9.3 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- Hall Spring: 11.2 mi
- Sand Spring: 12.6 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 12.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 16.5 mi
- Locust Spring: 20.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 7.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 7.5 mi
- Southern Pillar: 8.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 8.2 mi
- Lower Slabs: 8.4 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 5.1 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 22.6 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 23.4 mi
- Smoke Hole: 9.3 mi
- Stringtown: 20.4 mi
- Mill Run: 23.9 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 11.2 mi
- Small waterfall: 11.3 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 11.8 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 20.0 mi
- Locust Springs: 20.4 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 24.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 8.4 mi
- Sites Homestead: 8.5 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 10.6 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of River Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Knob | WSW 241° | 1,308 m | 8.0 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | WSW 256° | 1,243 m | 5.6 mi |
| Castle Mountain | SW 228° | 1,032 m | 8.0 mi |
| Socrates Mountain | S 174° | 1,032 m | 8.7 mi |
| Peters Mountain | SW 234° | 994 m | 5.6 mi |
| Propst Knob | S 187° | 958 m | 7.6 mi |
| Pond Range Mountain | SW 227° | 951 m | 5.0 mi |
| Turkey Knob | SSE 168° | 948 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:18 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525235
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