Simmons Mountain
Simmons Mountain rises to 1,121 m in West Virginia. Kile Knob stands 1,395 m to the north, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Panther Knob, a peak 1.7 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31520452, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,121 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 12.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 19.1 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 21.7 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Panther Knob: 1.7 mi
- Wagner Knob: 1.9 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 2.3 mi
- High Knob: 2.9 mi
- Cove Knob: 3.0 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 7.9 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 10.6 mi
- Highland Park: 10.9 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 13.6 mi
- Locust Spring: 9.5 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 10.5 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 12.4 mi
- Hiner Spring: 14.7 mi
- Maple Spring: 18.5 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 8.2 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 8.3 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 9.8 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 10.7 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 15.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 10.2 mi
- Southern Pillar: 20.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 20.8 mi
- Lower Slabs: 21.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 21.8 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 15.2 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 15.6 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 16.1 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 16.7 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 16.9 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 10.7 mi
- Highland County Museum: 14.4 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 20.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 20.7 mi
- Sites Homestead: 20.9 mi
- Locust Springs: 9.5 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 12.5 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 17.5 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 15.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 15.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 18.9 mi
- High Falls: 22.7 mi
- Gertrude: 18.8 mi
- Smoke Hole: 24.0 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 20.0 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Simmons Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kile Knob | N 356° | 1,395 m | 5.0 mi |
| Panther Knob | NW 322° | 1,371 m | 1.7 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,370 m | 3.2 mi |
| Barren Rock | S 190° | 1,335 m | 8.9 mi |
| Pike Knob | NNE 14° | 1,308 m | 8.8 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NW 310° | 1,273 m | 9.5 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | NW 318° | 1,265 m | 10.1 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SW 230° | 1,258 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1546802 — Simmons Mountain, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356521536
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