Bake Oven Knob
Bake Oven Knob rises to 505 m in West Virginia. Kincaid Knob stands 544 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Efaw Knob, a peak 5.1 miles away. Old Route 7 Byway passes 22 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31476936, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 505 m
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 27.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiedaisch Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bowers Playground: 5.8 mi
- Mannington Fairgrounds: 6.2 mi
- Mannington Middle Park: 6.2 mi
- Huey Park: 6.6 mi
- Farmington Park: 8.1 mi
- Efaw Knob: 5.1 mi
- Devines Knob: 5.5 mi
- Catherines Knob: 5.5 mi
- Fort Knob: 6.0 mi
- Honsocker Knob: 7.2 mi
- West Augusta Historical Society Museum: 6.2 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 12.7 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 13.4 mi
- Telephone Museum: 13.4 mi
- Bice-Ferguson Museum: 15.2 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 13.1 mi
- Border Heroine: 13.2 mi
- Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower: 14.5 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 13.8 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 14.2 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Core Arboretum: 18.8 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 20.1 mi
- From The Mountain: 19.6 mi
- Don Knotts: 20.0 mi
- Albert Gallatin Statue: 24.0 mi
- The Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Little Falls: 18.1 mi
- Sophia's Grave: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bake Oven Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kincaid Knob | ESE 121° | 544 m | 20.0 mi |
| Copeland Knob | SSE 155° | 541 m | 23.5 mi |
| Catherines Knob | ENE 77° | 522 m | 5.5 mi |
| Pewee Knob | SSE 154° | 512 m | 24.2 mi |
| Plummer Knob | SSE 153° | 505 m | 23.7 mi |
| Honsocker Knob | NW 326° | 493 m | 7.2 mi |
| Devines Knob | NE 52° | 488 m | 5.5 mi |
| Lough Knob | NW 309° | 484 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:13 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:18 | 17:01 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524628
Day trips start here
- Fairmont · 14 mi
- Shinnston · 15 mi
- Morgantown · 20 mi
- Bridgeport · 22 mi
- Clarksburg · 23 mi
- Grafton · 25 mi
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