Shawnee Mountain
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. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 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
- 0.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 8.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 26.7 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 10 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 27 mi
132 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Johns Knob: 4.0 mi
- Belcher Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Coaldale Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 9.7 mi
- Pinnacle: 9.8 mi
- 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
- Mercer County War Museum: 18.4 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 19.4 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 19.4 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 21.1 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 22.7 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 9.9 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 18.0 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 20.9 mi
- Big Branch Day Use Area: 22.9 mi
- Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 23.0 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 13.8 mi
- City Garden: 17.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | S 177° | 1,437 m | 22.3 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | S 175° | 1,348 m | 20.8 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | S 175° | 1,344 m | 24.0 mi |
| East River Mountain | S 176° | 1,331 m | 16.4 mi |
| Chimney Rock | S 174° | 1,304 m | 16.2 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | SSE 156° | 1,270 m | 22.8 mi |
| Knob Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,270 m | 24.5 mi |
| Short Mountain | S 179° | 1,258 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
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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