Smith Mountain
Smith Mountain rises to 1,087 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Potomac Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.1 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31522939, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,087 m
How to reach it
- 24.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 26.4 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Haystack Knob: 3.0 mi
- Green Knob: 3.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 3.6 mi
- Champe Rocks: 4.1 mi
- Skidmore Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 1.1 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Echo Park: 11.4 mi
- Ruddle Park: 11.6 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 10.0 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 15.9 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 16.5 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 17.1 mi
- Pat Spring: 18.2 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 7.2 mi
- Small waterfall: 10.2 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 10.4 mi
- Elakala Falls: 16.5 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 16.6 mi
- Lower Slabs: 3.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 3.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 3.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 19.1 mi
- Smoke Hole: 5.9 mi
- Stringtown: 8.5 mi
- Mill Run: 12.4 mi
- Kempton: 22.8 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 10.3 mi
- Stony River Dam: 18.1 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 18.4 mi
- Wilson Monument: 24.9 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 8.4 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 16.1 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 17.0 mi
- Sites Homestead: 3.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 3.6 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 9.7 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 14.0 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Locust Springs: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Smith Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | NW 309° | 1,452 m | 4.8 mi |
| Green Knob | WNW 287° | 1,424 m | 3.2 mi |
| Haystack Knob | WNW 296° | 1,376 m | 3.0 mi |
| Horse Rock | SW 214° | 1,374 m | 11.0 mi |
| Weiss Knob | NNW 343° | 1,359 m | 7.8 mi |
| Job Knob | W 261° | 1,353 m | 7.4 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | W 274° | 1,348 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNW 346° | 1,332 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:17 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins 21 ENE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525282
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