Starcher Rocks
Starcher Rocks rises to 397 m in West Virginia. Bird Knob stands 555 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Rocks, a peak 1.6 miles away. Midland Trail passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31532067, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 397 m
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 25.3 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Jackson Rocks: 1.6 mi
- White Hill: 2.2 mi
- Nichols Knob: 3.2 mi
- Kate Knob: 3.3 mi
- Campbell Hill: 4.1 mi
- Taylor Public Hunting Area: 1.9 mi
- Wallback Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
- Charles Fork Lake Recreational Area: 13.4 mi
- Clay County Park: 13.6 mi
- Captain John Young: 10.1 mi
- Train tunnel: 14.4 mi
- Donnally Monuments: 22.6 mi
- War Memorial: 23.1 mi
- Gold Star Memorial: 23.1 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 23.2 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 23.2 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 23.5 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 23.9 mi
- Wedding Garden: 19.1 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 23.0 mi
- Governor's Garden: 23.3 mi
- Chestnut Point: 8.6 mi
- July: 12.6 mi
- Grotto: 19.4 mi
- Skyline Drive: 21.7 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Starcher Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Knob | SSE 166° | 555 m | 19.0 mi |
| Wallowhole Knob | ESE 123° | 513 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SE 124° | 499 m | 16.5 mi |
| Bragg Knob | E 101° | 494 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Desert | S 189° | 491 m | 20.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ESE 110° | 487 m | 10.7 mi |
| Independence Mountain | SSE 158° | 487 m | 19.9 mi |
| Teeny Knob | ENE 66° | 484 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:14 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:26 | 17:08 |
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 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clendenin, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555704 — Starcher Rocks, Roane County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525297
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