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Ball Knob

Ball Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Ball Knob rises to 342 m in West Virginia. Mule Knob stands 478 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dave Allen Point, a peak 1.0 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 1.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31481252, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
342 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.94450, -81.31311

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 23
Museums: 3
  • Beauchamp-Newman House: 9.3 mi
  • New Era One Room School: 19.2 mi
  • Washington's Western Lands Museum: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 18.0 mi
  • Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Ball Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mule KnobSE 141°478 m21.6 mi
Big Pine KnobE 99°436 m23.7 mi
King KnobNE 49°412 m23.7 mi
Ruble KnobN 9°406 m4.7 mi
Desert KnobSSE 150°400 m16.0 mi
Rattlesnake KnobESE 113°393 m7.0 mi
Jackson RocksS 180°393 m23.6 mi
Cabbage KnobE 81°390 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:37
June solstice06:0120:1520:55
September equinox07:1418:4919:24
December solstice07:4116:2517:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342526270747366544335

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Creston, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1535184 — Ball Knob, Wirt County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356515195

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