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Stony Mountain

Stony Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Stony Mountain rises to 697 m in West Virginia. Paddy Mountain stands 910 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ford Hill, a peak 2.9 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31534602, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
697 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.25038, -78.72140

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
  • Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
  • Shanks Roadside Park: 4.8 mi
  • Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
  • Break Neck Over Look: 5.0 mi
  • Scenic Field: 5.1 mi
Springs: 10
Historic sites: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Beaches: 5
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 6.8 mi
  • River Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Beach 3: 21.4 mi
  • Beach 1: 21.6 mi
  • Beach 2: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 2
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Mountain Falls: 18.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Old grape garden: 24.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Stony Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paddy MountainSSE 153°910 m18.8 mi
Short MountainS 186°874 m10.7 mi
Bald KnobS 186°874 m10.7 mi
PinnacleESE 116°864 m17.1 mi
Halfmoon MountainSSE 164°854 m17.9 mi
Nathaniel MountainSW 234°839 m4.8 mi
Johnnies KnobSE 133°803 m17.1 mi
Piney MountainSW 227°802 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:4920:0520:45
September equinox07:0318:3819:14
December solstice07:3216:1316:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441526270747265544334
Precip in2.42.23.23.43.83.64.73.73.62.82.22.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romney 1 SW, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356525301

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