Wind Creek Mountain
Wind Creek Mountain rises to 737 m in West Virginia. Wrights Peak stands 1,242 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Egypt, a ghost town 0.9 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31590523, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 737 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 18.0 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 27.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolf Creek Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Patricks Peak: 3.5 mi
- High Top: 4.2 mi
- Big Bend Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Dempsey Mountain: 5.1 mi
- John Henry Historical Park: 3.1 mi
- Pence Springs Hotel Historic District: 3.2 mi
- Hilldale-Talcott Ruritan Club John Henry Park: 3.3 mi
- Alderson Athletic Field: 7.4 mi
- Alderson Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
- Egypt: 0.9 mi
- Junta: 10.7 mi
- Warford: 12.5 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 14.0 mi
- Lilly: 14.8 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Grandview: 23.7 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 24.1 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 24.1 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 10.0 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 10.0 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 10.1 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 14.2 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 19.1 mi
- Coffman Hill: 19.3 mi
- Barneys Wall: 19.8 mi
- Barney's Wall: 19.8 mi
- Bear Cliff: 21.9 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 21.9 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 13.5 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 13.5 mi
- Cascades: 20.0 mi
- Organ Cave: 16.1 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 19.9 mi
- The Bunker: 24.5 mi
- World War II Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 23.3 mi
- Big Spring: 21.7 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 21.8 mi
- Brooks Falls: 11.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Wind Creek Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrights Peak | SE 137° | 1,242 m | 15.0 mi |
| Keeney Knob | N 2° | 1,195 m | 9.5 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SE 135° | 1,192 m | 16.9 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SE 135° | 1,190 m | 16.9 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | N 359° | 1,169 m | 9.9 mi |
| Hanging Rock | ESE 123° | 1,153 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | NNW 346° | 1,116 m | 8.3 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | NNW 341° | 1,095 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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 | 31 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alderson, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1556002 — Wind Creek Mountain, Monroe County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525408
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