Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 656 m in West Virginia. Shaffer Mountain stands 972 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Kincaid Knob, a peak 3.5 miles away. Old Route 7 Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31479384, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 656 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 11.9 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 12.5 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 20.3 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Point Lookout · 27 mi
- Deep Creek Lake · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Sarver Ball Field: 4.4 mi
- Arthurdale Historic District: 4.6 mi
- Masontown Softball field: 5.1 mi
- Reedsville Park: 5.2 mi
- Upper Deckers Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
- Kincaid Knob: 3.5 mi
- Dorsey Knob: 6.6 mi
- Mount Phoebe: 7.5 mi
- Price Hill: 8.0 mi
- Reed Hill: 8.4 mi
- Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District: 5.1 mi
- Farm House Ruins: 7.9 mi
- Metal Shack: 7.9 mi
- Monongalia County War Memorial: 8.3 mi
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Park: 11.2 mi
- Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Watts Museum: 10.0 mi
- Telephone Museum: 13.3 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 13.3 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 14.4 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Falling Run Greenspace: 9.0 mi
- Core Arboretum: 10.0 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.6 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 10.7 mi
- Climbing: 8.3 mi
- Climbing and Rappelling: 8.7 mi
- Riverside Spot: 9.1 mi
- Sophia's Grave: 17.9 mi
- Don Knotts: 8.6 mi
- From The Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Albert Gallatin Statue: 18.2 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 24.3 mi
- Little Falls: 6.1 mi
- Matador Falls: 9.1 mi
- The Cliff: 23.1 mi
- White Rocks: 23.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaffer Mountain | ESE 122° | 972 m | 23.4 mi |
| Gregg Knob | E 93° | 960 m | 19.4 mi |
| Snaggy Mountain | E 95° | 946 m | 22.0 mi |
| Limestone Mountain | SSE 152° | 945 m | 22.8 mi |
| Pine Swamp Knob | E 82° | 944 m | 20.7 mi |
| Fike Hill | E 79° | 943 m | 21.5 mi |
| Brushy Knobs | ESE 117° | 927 m | 21.1 mi |
| Lewis Knob | E 88° | 905 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:17 | 17:00 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morgantown L&D, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356515183
Day trips start here
- Morgantown · 9 mi
- Kingwood · 11 mi
- Fairmont · 13 mi
- Grafton · 14 mi
- Shinnston · 23 mi
- Bridgeport · 24 mi
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