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Wacousta Hill

Wacousta Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Wacousta Hill rises to 384 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is North River Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

Wacousta Hill is a forested mountain ridge in southeast Hampshire County, West Virginia. Wacousta Hill is located near the community of Delray and overlooks Delray Road (West Virginia Route 29) and the North River to its immediate east. To its west lies the Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area. The Board on Geographic Names, through a board decision, gave the hill its official name in 1966.

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Wikidata Q7958876, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
384 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.21677, -78.60390

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 60
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 18
Artworks: 15
  • An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 22.0 mi
  • Bites of Local Life Apple Statue: 22.4 mi
  • A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 23.0 mi
  • Young George Washington: 23.5 mi
  • White House Apple Statue: 23.5 mi
Springs: 14
  • Roadside Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Winfred Tharp Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Arie Vankan Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Trout Run Fault Spring: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 12.5 mi
  • River Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Beach 3: 16.0 mi
  • Beach 1: 16.2 mi
  • Beach 2: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 5
Waterfalls: 3
Gardens: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Homewood Preserve: 11.5 mi
  • Water Street Nature Reserve: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Gainsboro Tourist Park: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Wacousta Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainS 185°1,006 m16.5 mi
Sugar KnobS 181°976 m16.6 mi
Paddy MountainS 171°910 m14.7 mi
Short MountainSW 222°874 m11.1 mi
Bald KnobSW 222°874 m11.1 mi
PinnacleESE 119°864 m10.4 mi
Halfmoon MountainS 186°854 m15.0 mi
Nathaniel MountainW 267°839 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:4920:0520:45
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3116:1316:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506068727164534334
Precip in2.32.02.93.13.93.83.73.63.82.92.72.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wardensville R M Farm, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1549535 — Wacousta Hill, Hampshire County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356523095

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