Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 1,332 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the south-southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cabin Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31479489, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,332 m
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 23.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 23.5 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cabin Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Weiss Knob: 1.0 mi
- Cabin: 1.6 mi
- Flat Ridge: 2.2 mi
- Coal Knob: 2.9 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Davis Riverfront Park: 8.5 mi
- Davis Park: 8.8 mi
- Tucker Boulder Park: 9.0 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 9.7 mi
- Elakala Falls: 7.9 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 7.9 mi
- Douglas Falls: 9.4 mi
- Albert Falls: 9.7 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 13.5 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 2.2 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 16.2 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 16.6 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 17.5 mi
- Pat Spring: 18.5 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 9.8 mi
- Stony River Dam: 11.3 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 17.3 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 20.3 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 23.5 mi
- Lower Slabs: 12.3 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 12.5 mi
- Southern Pillar: 12.6 mi
- Eagle Rock: 14.6 mi
- Baker Rocks: 21.8 mi
- Stringtown: 2.8 mi
- Mill Run: 6.4 mi
- Smoke Hole: 13.0 mi
- Kempton: 14.1 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 8.3 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 17.0 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 24.0 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 24.6 mi
- Sites Homestead: 12.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 12.4 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 23.5 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 1.3 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 14.6 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | SSW 196° | 1,452 m | 5.7 mi |
| Green Knob | S 187° | 1,424 m | 7.6 mi |
| Haystack Knob | S 185° | 1,376 m | 7.2 mi |
| Weiss Knob | S 187° | 1,359 m | 1.0 mi |
| Job Knob | SSW 208° | 1,353 m | 10.9 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,348 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,331 m | 0.5 mi |
| Cabin | NE 52° | 1,304 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins 21 ENE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1553788 — Bald Knob, Tucker County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524638
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