Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 874 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Mountain in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1553789).
Wikidata Q31479299, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 874 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Short Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Mollys Hill: 6.5 mi
- Lawn Knob: 6.8 mi
- Thorny Bottom: 6.8 mi
- Buck Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Baker Park: 3.8 mi
- Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
- Warden Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
- J. Allen Hawkins Community Park: 8.8 mi
- Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
- Big Spring: 4.2 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 5.3 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 7.2 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 7.5 mi
- Arie Vankan Spring: 7.6 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 16.9 mi
- Literary Hall: 17.0 mi
- Davis History House: 17.0 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 19.5 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 19.5 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 13.0 mi
- Collie Grave: 14.3 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 17.0 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Stephens Fort: 22.4 mi
- Hanging Rock: 4.0 mi
- Helmick Rock: 12.5 mi
- Three High Heads: 13.1 mi
- Dog Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Markley Rocks: 15.0 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 12.3 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 18.3 mi
- Bryce Resort: 19.4 mi
- Old grape garden: 14.3 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 19.3 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 22.5 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 14.8 mi
- Mountain Falls: 18.3 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 18.6 mi
- Lost River State Park: 14.9 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 20.0 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 16.8 mi
- River Beach: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | SE 144° | 1,006 m | 10.1 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | S 177° | 995 m | 11.6 mi |
| Sugar Knob | SE 140° | 976 m | 10.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | S 170° | 951 m | 10.2 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | SE 141° | 951 m | 11.9 mi |
| Snyder Knob | S 188° | 936 m | 11.7 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | ESE 123° | 910 m | 11.5 mi |
| Big Schloss | SSE 159° | 894 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wardensville R M Farm, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1553789 — Bald Knob, Hardy County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524639
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