Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 381 m in West Virginia. Bird Knob stands 555 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Holmes Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Midland Trail passes 7.5 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q31479343, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 381 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Knollwood Playground and Park: 4.2 mi
- Cato Park: 5.0 mi
- Bigley Avenue Little League Fields: 5.9 mi
- North Charleston Recreation Center: 6.1 mi
- Elk River City Park: 6.2 mi
- Holmes Knob: 1.2 mi
- Hammick Hill: 5.7 mi
- Tyler Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Gunstock Knob: 9.1 mi
- Hickory Knob: 11.2 mi
- Shoney's Big Boy Museum: 6.4 mi
- Donnally Monuments: 6.5 mi
- State Capitol: 6.7 mi
- The Block: 6.7 mi
- World War 2: 6.7 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 7.1 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 7.4 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 7.4 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 7.7 mi
- Nitro Wars Museum: 13.0 mi
- Wedding Garden: 3.5 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 7.0 mi
- Governor's Garden: 7.4 mi
- Skyline Drive: 7.8 mi
- Indian Rock: 12.7 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 14.5 mi
- Grotto: 4.3 mi
- July: 14.4 mi
- Chestnut Point: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Knob | ESE 114° | 555 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bee Mountain | S 182° | 530 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Desert | SE 131° | 491 m | 16.3 mi |
| Independence Mountain | ESE 111° | 487 m | 24.5 mi |
| Beulah Knob | ESE 102° | 463 m | 18.9 mi |
| Malden Mountain | SSE 161° | 455 m | 12.2 mi |
| Carnes Knob | E 94° | 440 m | 18.7 mi |
| Big Knob | E 92° | 437 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:28 | 17:10 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charleston - Yeager AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524636
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