Ball Knob
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
- 1.6 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 10.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 25.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dave Allen Point: 1.0 mi
- Rose Hill: 2.5 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.7 mi
- Nichols Hill: 3.7 mi
- Devils Tea Table: 3.9 mi
- Coopers Park: 3.5 mi
- Grace Community Park: 4.7 mi
- Wells Lock Public Access Site: 9.4 mi
- Alvord Park: 9.5 mi
- Sportsman's Park: 9.7 mi
- Beauchamp-Newman House: 9.3 mi
- New Era One Room School: 19.2 mi
- Washington's Western Lands Museum: 24.0 mi
- Elizabeth: 9.3 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 23.6 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 18.0 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 18.1 mi
- Chestnut Point: 19.5 mi
- Mini Farm Figurines: 21.5 mi
- July: 23.9 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Ball Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule Knob | SE 141° | 478 m | 21.6 mi |
| Big Pine Knob | E 99° | 436 m | 23.7 mi |
| Ruble Knob | N 9° | 406 m | 4.7 mi |
| Desert Knob | SSE 150° | 400 m | 16.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | ESE 113° | 393 m | 7.0 mi |
| Jackson Rocks | S 180° | 393 m | 23.6 mi |
| Cabbage Knob | E 81° | 390 m | 14.2 mi |
| Buzzard Rocks | N 6° | 388 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
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 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
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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