Shady Spring Mountain
Shady Spring Mountain rises to 895 m in West Virginia. Huff Knob stands 1,088 m to the south, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Hecks Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31516380, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 895 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 20.7 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 23.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 17 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 24 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 28 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hecks Knob: 1.3 mi
- Round Knob: 4.0 mi
- Pond Knob: 5.4 mi
- White Oak Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Plumley Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Skimkins Street Playground: 4.7 mi
- Beckley Soccer Complex: 4.7 mi
- Fitzpatrick Park: 5.0 mi
- Freedom Park: 5.4 mi
- Temple St. Park: 5.6 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 4.2 mi
- World War II Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 13.7 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 15.4 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 17.2 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 6.2 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 6.3 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 6.5 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 12.9 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 13.0 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 23.5 mi
- Endless Wall: 23.5 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 23.5 mi
- Fern Point Area: 23.6 mi
- Ship Rock: 4.5 mi
- The Canopy: 14.1 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 15.8 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 24.5 mi
- Grandview: 9.1 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 13.3 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Needleseye Park: 18.1 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 11.9 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 12.0 mi
- Brooks Falls: 12.4 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- City Garden: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Shady Spring Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huff Knob | S 178° | 1,088 m | 8.9 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | S 178° | 1,078 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SSW 198° | 1,069 m | 15.0 mi |
| Indian Grave Mountain | SSW 193° | 1,049 m | 8.9 mi |
| Walnut Knob | NE 37° | 1,049 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 186° | 1,045 m | 8.3 mi |
| Freezeland Mountain | E 92° | 1,040 m | 9.1 mi |
| Rich Knob | SSW 203° | 1,023 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley Raleigh CO AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1546598 — Shady Spring Mountain, Raleigh County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356521407
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