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Sims Mountain

Sims Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sims Mountain rises to 999 m in West Virginia. Cross Mountain stands 1,271 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Boggs Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Midland Trail passes 2.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31520592, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
999 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.93873, -80.77953

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 59
Cliffs: 37
  • Cambodia: 15.5 mi
  • Dowdy Bluff: 15.5 mi
  • Molly and Johnny Wall: 15.6 mi
  • Fifth Buttress: 15.8 mi
  • Third Buttress: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 16
Attractions: 9
  • The Canopy: 18.1 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 18.6 mi
  • Lost World Caverns: 19.6 mi
  • Hank’s Last Stop: 20.3 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 21.4 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 14.6 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 15.4 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 15.5 mi
  • Walter Scott's statue: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Sandstone Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Rudolph Falls: 24.8 mi
  • Peters Creek Falls: 24.9 mi
Museums: 4
  • Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 19.1 mi
  • Veteran's Museum: 19.2 mi
  • Hinton Railroad Museum: 19.3 mi
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 20.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Brooks Falls: 16.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 24.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Sims Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cross MountainENE 77°1,271 m10.5 mi
Bush Place KnobNE 38°1,208 m13.2 mi
Huggins KnobE 81°1,204 m12.2 mi
Buffalo MountainE 79°1,204 m12.4 mi
Keeney KnobSSE 160°1,195 m12.1 mi
Joe KnobENE 63°1,192 m12.4 mi
Pollock KnobNE 45°1,187 m10.6 mi
Red Spring MountainSSE 163°1,169 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:35
June solstice06:0220:1020:50
September equinox07:1218:4719:22
December solstice07:3616:2717:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937485764676761503931
Precip in4.14.05.14.45.64.85.44.23.93.14.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356521554

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