Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 526 m in West Virginia. Blue Rock Knob stands 1,113 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Fork Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 5.8 miles off. 135 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q31479363, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 526 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 12.2 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 23.6 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 25.4 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
135 named places within 25 miles
- Stonewall Jackson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
- The Holt Park / Holt Family: 6.8 mi
- Weston Downtown Historic District: 6.8 mi
- Weston City Park: 6.9 mi
- Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi
- Wolf Fork Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pine Knob: 3.3 mi
- Rush Knob: 4.7 mi
- Handkerchief Knob: 5.4 mi
- Flag Knob: 5.5 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 6.6 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 6.7 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 6.7 mi
- The East and West Second Street Bridge: 6.8 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 6.8 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 6.8 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 6.8 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 6.9 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 11.5 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 2.0 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 9.9 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 21.9 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 6.7 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 17.7 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 21.4 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 11.2 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 19.1 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 20.8 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 11.9 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 23.1 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 13.4 mi
- Hanging Rock: 17.3 mi
- Bulltown: 11.9 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 12.8 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 20.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Rock Knob | SE 131° | 1,113 m | 24.7 mi |
| High Germany Knob | SE 126° | 1,065 m | 22.9 mi |
| Long Run Hill | ESE 111° | 876 m | 22.6 mi |
| Kelly Knob | ESE 109° | 813 m | 20.7 mi |
| Hodam Mountain | S 171° | 808 m | 24.4 mi |
| Potato Knob | SSE 161° | 748 m | 22.0 mi |
| Church Knob | ESE 111° | 736 m | 18.5 mi |
| Big Run Knob | SE 133° | 732 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stonewall Jackson DAM, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1535164 — Bald Knob, Lewis County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356515181
Day trips start here
- Weston · 7 mi
- Buckhannon · 13 mi
- Clarksburg · 24 mi
- Bridgeport · 27 mi
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