Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 874 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Knob, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Short Mountain is a mountain ridge that runs southwest northeast through Hampshire and Hardy counties in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, rising to its greatest elevation at Bald Knob near Arkansaw, West Virginia. Short Mountain's name is derived from its original name of Short Arse Mountain.
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Wikidata Q7501848, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 874 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Knob: 0.0 mi
- Mollys Hill: 6.5 mi
- Thorny Bottom: 6.8 mi
- Lawn Knob: 6.8 mi
- Buck Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Baker Park: 3.8 mi
- Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
- Warden Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- J. Allen Hawkins Community Park: 8.8 mi
- Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 16.9 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 16.9 mi
- Literary Hall: 17.0 mi
- Davis History House: 17.0 mi
- Davis History House: 17.0 mi
- Big Spring: 4.2 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 5.3 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 7.2 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 7.5 mi
- Arie Vankan Spring: 7.6 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 13.0 mi
- Collie Grave: 14.3 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 17.0 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 17.0 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Hanging Rock: 4.0 mi
- Helmick Rock: 12.5 mi
- Three High Heads: 13.1 mi
- Dog Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Markley Rocks: 15.0 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 12.3 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 18.3 mi
- Bryce Resort: 19.4 mi
- Old grape garden: 14.3 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 19.3 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 22.5 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 14.8 mi
- Mountain Falls: 18.3 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 18.5 mi
- Lost River State Park: 14.9 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 20.0 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 16.8 mi
- River Beach: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | SE 144° | 1,006 m | 10.1 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | S 177° | 995 m | 11.6 mi |
| Sugar Knob | SE 140° | 976 m | 10.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | S 170° | 951 m | 10.2 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | SE 141° | 951 m | 11.9 mi |
| Snyder Knob | S 188° | 936 m | 11.7 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | ESE 123° | 910 m | 11.5 mi |
| Big Schloss | SSE 159° | 894 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wardensville R M Farm, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525273
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