Spruce Mountain
Spruce Mountain rises to 829 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Flat Mountain, a peak 3.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31531085, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 829 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 18.8 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 14 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 18 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 21 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chestnut Flat Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Packs Knob: 3.6 mi
- Irish Lick Knob: 3.7 mi
- High Knob: 4.6 mi
- Lilly Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Maxwell Hill Community Center and Park: 6.5 mi
- Ewart Ave Park: 7.2 mi
- Graney Memorial Park: 7.3 mi
- Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi
- New River Park: 7.3 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Fern Point Area: 18.7 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 18.7 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 18.8 mi
- Endless Wall: 18.8 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 9.7 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 10.2 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 13.8 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 14.7 mi
- Ship Rock: 9.8 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 10.0 mi
- The Canopy: 11.0 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 19.0 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 20.3 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 7.0 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 7.2 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 7.2 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 21.7 mi
- Grandview: 12.8 mi
- Needleseye Park: 12.9 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 24.2 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Brooks Falls: 23.9 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 21.6 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Knob | WSW 247° | 1,083 m | 11.7 mi |
| Walnut Knob | E 80° | 1,049 m | 19.4 mi |
| Indian Grave Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,049 m | 19.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WSW 250° | 1,037 m | 12.8 mi |
| Pond Knob | WNW 288° | 1,011 m | 7.7 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,009 m | 6.8 mi |
| Kopperston Mountain | WSW 249° | 993 m | 14.8 mi |
| Lick Knob | N 353° | 989 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley VA Hospital, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356521833
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