Skidmore Mountain
Skidmore Mountain rises to 692 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the west, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Champe Knobs, a peak 1.1 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31522008, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 692 m
How to reach it
- 28.5 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 28.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 29.4 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
Named places within 25 miles
- Champe Knobs: 1.1 mi
- River Knob: 1.2 mi
- Champe Rocks: 1.7 mi
- North Fork Peak: 2.5 mi
- Bulls Head: 3.8 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Echo Park: 6.9 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 9.0 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 10.9 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 20.0 mi
- Hall Spring: 20.6 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 20.6 mi
- Sand Spring: 21.2 mi
- Lower Slabs: 6.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.3 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 6.4 mi
- Southern Pillar: 6.5 mi
- Baker Rocks: 15.9 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 11.8 mi
- Small waterfall: 14.6 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 14.8 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 16.5 mi
- Elakala Falls: 16.7 mi
- Smoke Hole: 4.3 mi
- Stringtown: 10.2 mi
- Mill Run: 14.4 mi
- Kempton: 22.2 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 11.3 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 16.4 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 17.1 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 21.1 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 10.3 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Lost River State Park: 22.2 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 14.6 mi
- Stony River Dam: 15.3 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 18.6 mi
- Sites Homestead: 6.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 6.6 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 20.0 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Skidmore Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | W 277° | 1,452 m | 7.9 mi |
| Green Knob | W 261° | 1,424 m | 7.3 mi |
| Haystack Knob | W 264° | 1,376 m | 6.9 mi |
| Weiss Knob | NW 310° | 1,359 m | 8.4 mi |
| Job Knob | WSW 254° | 1,353 m | 11.9 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | W 262° | 1,348 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 315° | 1,332 m | 9.0 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | NW 317° | 1,331 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555638 — Skidmore Mountain, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525277
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