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Shawnee Mountain

Shawnee Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Shawnee Mountain rises to 851 m in West Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Northfork Community Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 0.6 miles off. 135 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31516950, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
851 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.40345, -81.43538

Overlooks nearby

135 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 56
Parks: 55
  • Northfork Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • Middletown Park: 1.0 mi
  • Keystone Park: 1.2 mi
  • Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
  • Linkous Park: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Kimball World War I Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Perdue Family Crest: 12.3 mi
  • Space Shuttle Memorial: 12.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 13.8 mi
  • Bartley Mine Disaster: 17.2 mi
Museums: 5
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Big Branch Day Use Area: 22.9 mi
  • Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 23.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Bluefield Love Sign: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shawnee Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garden MountainS 177°1,437 m22.3 mi
Hutchinson RockS 175°1,348 m20.8 mi
Chestnut KnobS 175°1,344 m24.0 mi
East River MountainS 176°1,331 m16.4 mi
Chimney RockS 174°1,304 m16.2 mi
Greaver BenchmarkSSE 156°1,270 m22.8 mi
Knob MountainSSW 200°1,270 m24.5 mi
Short MountainS 179°1,258 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0319:38
June solstice06:0620:1220:51
September equinox07:1418:5019:24
December solstice07:3716:3117:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643536168727065544436

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkhorn, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555602 — Shawnee Mountain, McDowell County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356525262

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