Texas Mountain
Texas Mountain rises to 857 m in West Virginia. Weiss Knob stands 1,359 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pifer Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31550996, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 857 m
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 12.2 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 16.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 21.5 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pifer Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Limestone Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Polecat Knob: 6.7 mi
- Thorn Knob: 7.4 mi
- Pleasant Mountain: 8.0 mi
- St George Park: 5.1 mi
- River City Park: 8.2 mi
- Mill Race: 8.3 mi
- Nursery Bottom: 8.6 mi
- Blackwater Wildlife Management Area: 9.9 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 9.0 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 19.4 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 20.5 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 20.6 mi
- Pat Spring: 20.7 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 13.0 mi
- Generation Museum: 14.4 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 16.9 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 22.8 mi
- Albert Falls: 15.2 mi
- Douglas Falls: 15.3 mi
- Elakala Falls: 16.6 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 17.3 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 15.4 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 16.8 mi
- Wilson Monument: 19.6 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 22.6 mi
- Kempton: 17.1 mi
- Mill Run: 17.1 mi
- Stringtown: 21.3 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 16.6 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 21.1 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 21.4 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 21.9 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 16.6 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Texas Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weiss Knob | ESE 121° | 1,359 m | 23.1 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SE 141° | 1,348 m | 24.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 118° | 1,332 m | 22.7 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,331 m | 23.2 mi |
| Cabin | ESE 115° | 1,304 m | 23.4 mi |
| Haines Knob | SSE 150° | 1,299 m | 23.9 mi |
| Pointy Knob | ESE 120° | 1,265 m | 18.6 mi |
| Canaan Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,265 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parsons 3 SE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525340
Day trips start here
- Grafton · 17 mi
- Kingwood · 22 mi
- Bridgeport · 26 mi
- Buckhannon · 26 mi
- Fairmont · 29 mi
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