Arie Vankan Spring
Arie Vankan Spring is a spring in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 418 m. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the south, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Winfred Tharp Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 418 m
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 25 mi
- Signal Knob Overlook · 25 mi
- No Name Overlook · 26 mi
- Gooney Run Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mollys Hill: 1.6 mi
- Halfmoon Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cherry Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Mill Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Paddy Mountain: 3.9 mi
- J. Allen Hawkins Community Park: 3.9 mi
- Warden Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.1 mi
- Baker Park: 7.1 mi
- Trout Pond Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
- Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 5.4 mi
- Collie Grave: 9.2 mi
- Stephens Fort: 16.4 mi
- South Carolina Monument: 17.1 mi
- 128th New York Monument: 17.1 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 12.2 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 12.3 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 14.8 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 14.9 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 15.0 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 0.4 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 2.2 mi
- Big Spring: 3.4 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 4.5 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 5.1 mi
- Hanging Rock: 4.7 mi
- Three High Heads: 6.4 mi
- Dog Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Markley Rocks: 10.1 mi
- Helmick Rock: 16.0 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 12.8 mi
- Mountain Falls: 14.0 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 17.1 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 24.9 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 25.0 mi
- Bryce Resort: 16.7 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 18.4 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 22.1 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 23.6 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 23.9 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 12.8 mi
- Lost River State Park: 16.6 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 22.1 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 23.9 mi
- Cootie Bug: 22.1 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 22.1 mi
- Warrior Statue: 23.5 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 24.6 mi
- Old grape garden: 9.2 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 12.1 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 22.8 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 22.6 mi
- Beach 3: 24.8 mi
- Pavilian: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Arie Vankan Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | S 184° | 1,006 m | 3.8 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | SW 218° | 995 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sugar Knob | SSE 168° | 976 m | 4.0 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | SSE 165° | 951 m | 4.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 219° | 951 m | 7.2 mi |
| Snyder Knob | SW 227° | 936 m | 10.7 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | ESE 118° | 910 m | 3.9 mi |
| Big Schloss | SSW 198° | 894 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wardensville R M Farm, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 16.6 | 19.4 | 25.3 | 26.8 | 30.0 | 13.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 13.5 | 18.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Waites Run Near Wardensville, WV, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12639252318
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