Socrates Mountain
Socrates Mountain rises to 1,032 m in West Virginia. Flagpole Knob stands 1,336 m to the southeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 24 miles off.
The story
Socrates Mountain is a summit in Pendleton County, West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 3,386 feet (1,032 m), Socrates Mountain is the 219th highest summit in the state of West Virginia. The mountain was named for Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher.
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Wikidata Q20020346, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1032 m
How to reach it
- 23.6 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 23.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 29.2 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Knob: 1.1 mi
- Propst Knob: 2.1 mi
- Flint Knob: 2.5 mi
- Middle Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Neds Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 3.4 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 3.6 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Maple Spring: 9.8 mi
- Hall Spring: 10.2 mi
- Sand Spring: 11.8 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 14.6 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 14.7 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 16.0 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 18.4 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 20.3 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 20.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 22.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 16.9 mi
- Sites Homestead: 17.0 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 20.3 mi
- Highland County Museum: 21.1 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 22.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 1.6 mi
- Eagle Rock: 15.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 16.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 16.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 16.8 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 12.6 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 15.7 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 18.4 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 20.0 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 19.0 mi
- Locust Springs: 19.0 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 20.5 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.9 mi
- Love Essence: 23.8 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 23.9 mi
- Flames: 23.9 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 23.9 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 23.9 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 16.6 mi
- Small waterfall: 16.7 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 18.6 mi
- Smoke Hole: 17.9 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 21.0 mi
- Heishman Garden: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Socrates Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagpole Knob | SE 137° | 1,336 m | 8.4 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | SE 138° | 1,332 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bother Knob | SE 146° | 1,323 m | 7.6 mi |
| High Knob | ESE 107° | 1,246 m | 6.8 mi |
| Middle Mountain | E 98° | 1,082 m | 7.9 mi |
| Castle Knob | W 279° | 1,058 m | 8.1 mi |
| Castle Mountain | WNW 296° | 1,032 m | 7.6 mi |
| Richland Mountain | SE 127° | 1,028 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1552961 — Socrates Mountain, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524445
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