Bishop Knob Recreation Area
Bishop Knob Recreation Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 943 m. Big Spruce Knob stands 1,419 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bishop Knob, a peak 0.2 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 6.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 943 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 26.9 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bishop Knob: 0.2 mi
- Mills Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Red Oak Knob: 2.7 mi
- Snakeden Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Briery Knob: 4.2 mi
- Cowen Town Park: 5.8 mi
- Cranberry Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Camden on Gauley Town Park: 6.2 mi
- Bolair Ball Field: 7.3 mi
- Indian Rocks Community Park: 8.2 mi
- Circus Wall: 20.1 mi
- Orange Oswald Wall: 20.2 mi
- Narcissus Cave: 20.3 mi
- Satisfaction Wall: 20.4 mi
- Long Wall: 20.4 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 7.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 14.0 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 14.2 mi
- Lower Falls of Hills Creek: 14.3 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 23.2 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 8.4 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 20.9 mi
- Bubble Cave Preserve: 25.0 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 20.9 mi
- Beartown State Park: 23.1 mi
- Fred E. Brooks Memorial Arboretum: 24.4 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 8.2 mi
- Locust Creek Spring: 20.3 mi
- Hillsboro: 20.7 mi
- Pearl S Buck Birthplace: 20.7 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 22.6 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Bishop Knob Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Spruce Knob | ESE 109° | 1,419 m | 16.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,403 m | 15.4 mi |
| Barlow Top | ESE 118° | 1,384 m | 16.3 mi |
| Briery Knob | SSE 150° | 1,377 m | 15.7 mi |
| Sugar Creek Mountain | E 100° | 1,355 m | 13.1 mi |
| Rocky Knob | SSE 150° | 1,355 m | 14.7 mi |
| Blue Knob | SE 135° | 1,340 m | 16.1 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | SE 139° | 1,316 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richwood 1sse, 10 mi away.
- Sanderson's Bumble Bee8 obs
- Two-spotted Bumble Bee7 obs
- Northern Slimy Salamander4 obs
- Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander4 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee4 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee3 obs
- Half-black Bumble Bee3 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356535673
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