West Union Hill
West Union Hill rises to 307 m in West Virginia. Bird Knob stands 555 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnny Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Midland Trail passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31583397, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 307 m
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 27.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 29.8 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 29 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Taylor Public Hunting Area: 2.8 mi
- Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
- Wallback Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Clay County Park: 12.0 mi
- Charles Fork Lake Recreational Area: 18.0 mi
- Johnny Knob: 0.5 mi
- Lizann Knob: 1.0 mi
- White Hill: 2.4 mi
- Crabapple Knob: 4.1 mi
- Starcher Rocks: 4.6 mi
- Captain John Young: 7.1 mi
- Train tunnel: 10.1 mi
- Donnally Monuments: 19.9 mi
- War Memorial: 20.3 mi
- West Virginia Liberty Bell: 20.3 mi
- Women's Soldier: 20.3 mi
- Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ”Stonewall” Jackson: 20.3 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Firefighter's Memorial: 20.4 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Police Officer's Memorial: 20.4 mi
- Burial Atendants: 23.1 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 20.4 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 20.4 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 20.6 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 21.3 mi
- Wedding Garden: 16.7 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 20.2 mi
- Governor's Garden: 20.4 mi
- Grotto: 16.8 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
- Chestnut Point: 12.7 mi
- July: 15.2 mi
- Skyline Drive: 18.6 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 22.2 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of West Union Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Knob | SSE 163° | 555 m | 14.5 mi |
| Wallowhole Knob | ESE 112° | 513 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | ESE 109° | 499 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bragg Knob | E 88° | 494 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Desert | SSW 192° | 491 m | 15.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | E 85° | 487 m | 9.8 mi |
| Independence Mountain | SSE 153° | 487 m | 15.6 mi |
| Teeny Knob | NE 54° | 484 m | 21.6 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 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:27 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555955 — West Union Hill, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525391
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