Peak · West Virginia
Shavers Mountain
Shavers Mountain rises to 1,144 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the east-southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,144 m
How to reach it
Coordinates38.99608, -79.60164
- 13.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 18.0 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 20.5 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 22.8 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Green Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Hog Knob: 3.4 mi
- Mozark Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Mount Red: 4.1 mi
- McGowan Mountain: 4.7 mi
Parks: 37
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
- Fernow Experimental Forest: 5.4 mi
- Bear Heaven Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Alpena Gap Recreation Site: 6.4 mi
- Nursery Bottom: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Elakala Falls: 9.4 mi
- Douglas Falls: 9.9 mi
- Albert Falls: 10.1 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 10.3 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 13.7 mi
Springs: 6
- Bubbling Springs: 7.4 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 7.9 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 8.4 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 9.9 mi
- Pat Spring: 10.9 mi
Historic sites: 6
- Historic Coke Ovens: 10.5 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 14.3 mi
- Wilson Monument: 15.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 17.0 mi
- Stony River Dam: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Mill Run: 3.2 mi
- Stringtown: 6.9 mi
- Kempton: 15.8 mi
- Smoke Hole: 19.6 mi
- Gertrude: 24.7 mi
Museums: 5
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 14.3 mi
- Sites Homestead: 16.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 16.6 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 18.2 mi
- Generation Museum: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Lower Slabs: 16.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 16.9 mi
- Southern Pillar: 16.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 20.4 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 8.3 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 2
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 10.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 1
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 14.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Shavers Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | ESE 121° | 1,452 m | 9.1 mi |
| Green Knob | SE 129° | 1,424 m | 10.8 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SE 126° | 1,376 m | 10.8 mi |
| Weiss Knob | E 91° | 1,359 m | 9.2 mi |
| Job Knob | SSE 154° | 1,353 m | 9.8 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,348 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 85° | 1,332 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | E 86° | 1,331 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parsons 3 SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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