Stretcher Neck
Stretcher Neck rises to 593 m in West Virginia. Walnut Knob stands 1,049 m to the east-northeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Spur Rock, a peak 1.4 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31535165, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 593 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 14.7 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 25.6 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 8 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 18 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New River Gorge National River: 1.4 mi
- McKendreee Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 2.8 mi
- Perry Park: 4.4 mi
- WP Point: 4.5 mi
- Brownsea Island: 4.9 mi
- Turkey Spur Rock: 1.4 mi
- Garden Ground Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Backus Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Batoff Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Justice Heights: 5.2 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 13.8 mi
- Endless Wall: 13.8 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 13.9 mi
- Fern Point Area: 13.9 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 4.6 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 5.7 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 6.7 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 7.5 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 7.7 mi
- The Canopy: 4.7 mi
- Ship Rock: 6.0 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 7.2 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 14.9 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 18.8 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 7.8 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 7.8 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 8.1 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 16.4 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 16.5 mi
- Grandview: 1.7 mi
- Needleseye Park: 8.8 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 23.0 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 11.9 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 21.3 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 25.0 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Brooks Falls: 14.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Stretcher Neck. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Knob | ENE 66° | 1,049 m | 8.4 mi |
| Freezeland Mountain | SE 144° | 1,040 m | 12.1 mi |
| Ford Knob | ENE 70° | 1,026 m | 13.0 mi |
| Fork Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,008 m | 15.7 mi |
| Swell Mountain | SE 138° | 1,004 m | 14.2 mi |
| Wallowhole Mountain | E 88° | 998 m | 15.3 mi |
| Buster Knob | ENE 63° | 997 m | 15.7 mi |
| Beelick Knob | E 87° | 991 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley Raleigh CO AP, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of New River Gorge National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555728 — Stretcher Neck, Fayette County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525304
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