Sewell Mountain
Sewell Mountain rises to 979 m in West Virginia. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ford Knob, a peak 1.5 miles away. Midland Trail passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Sewell Mountain is a summit in Fayette County, West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 3,212 feet (979 m), Sewell Mountain is the 276th highest summit in the state of West Virginia. Per Kenny (1945), Sewell Mountain was named after Stephen Sewell, a local pioneer who was killed by Native Americans in September 1776 near Jackson's River in present-day Virginia.
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Wikidata Q31516227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 979 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 12.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 25.5 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 26.1 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 14 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 20 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ford Knob: 1.5 mi
- Buster Knob: 1.9 mi
- Stevens Knob: 1.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Myles Knob: 3.3 mi
- Rainelle Park: 4.6 mi
- Rainelle Town Park: 5.1 mi
- Rupert City Park: 8.7 mi
- Meadow River Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Mundy Park: 8.8 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 14.4 mi
- Endless Wall: 14.5 mi
- Cambodia: 14.5 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 14.7 mi
- Fairview: 6.6 mi
- Tina: 7.0 mi
- Bryant: 8.1 mi
- Greenwood: 8.9 mi
- Walker Hill: 9.1 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 11.3 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 12.0 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 12.2 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 15.5 mi
- The Canopy: 14.7 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 15.9 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 16.9 mi
- Ship Rock: 19.5 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 20.9 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 18.1 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 18.2 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 18.3 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 22.0 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 22.0 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 12.7 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 12.9 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 21.8 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 23.8 mi
- Grandview: 13.6 mi
- Needleseye Park: 15.4 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 21.3 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Brooks Falls: 15.3 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Sewell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeney Knob | SSE 146° | 1,195 m | 13.4 mi |
| Pollock Knob | NE 54° | 1,187 m | 13.3 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,169 m | 12.7 mi |
| Rich Knob | ENE 58° | 1,160 m | 10.8 mi |
| Brier Knob | NE 48° | 1,136 m | 12.7 mi |
| Sumac Knob | NE 48° | 1,134 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mill Creek Mountain | NE 50° | 1,122 m | 10.3 mi |
| Allen Knob | NE 47° | 1,119 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555592 — Sewell Mountain, Fayette County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525260
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