Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain rises to 939 m in West Virginia. Harmon Rocks stands 1,243 m to the west-southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Swisher Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 30 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31492531, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 939 m
How to reach it
- 29.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Swisher Knob: 1.2 mi
- Dunkle Knob: 1.3 mi
- Lick Knob: 1.6 mi
- Siple Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Ruddle Park: 3.1 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 8.3 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 8.4 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Hall Spring: 8.9 mi
- Sand Spring: 10.0 mi
- Maple Spring: 16.1 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 16.6 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 22.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.2 mi
- Southern Pillar: 9.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 9.2 mi
- Lower Slabs: 9.3 mi
- Raven Rocks: 9.8 mi
- Smoke Hole: 8.1 mi
- Stringtown: 21.0 mi
- Mill Run: 24.9 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 14.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 14.6 mi
- Small waterfall: 14.6 mi
- Lost River State Park: 21.9 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 21.9 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 24.1 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 8.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 9.5 mi
- Sites Homestead: 9.6 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 16.2 mi
- Locust Springs: 24.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmon Rocks | WSW 253° | 1,243 m | 9.6 mi |
| Cow Knob | ESE 115° | 1,231 m | 8.8 mi |
| Black Lick Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,040 m | 9.8 mi |
| Rader Knob | ESE 106° | 1,019 m | 9.9 mi |
| Peters Mountain | WSW 240° | 994 m | 9.5 mi |
| Propst Knob | SSW 207° | 958 m | 10.2 mi |
| Spring Mountain | NE 39° | 951 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pond Range Mountain | WSW 236° | 951 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1552713 — Rocky Mountain, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524369
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