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Balls Knob

Balls Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Balls Knob rises to 339 m in West Virginia. Ruble Knob stands 406 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Knob, a peak 3.3 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 13 miles off. 148 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31481401, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
339 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.95342, -81.60235

148 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 58
Parks: 54
  • Riverfront Park: 8.5 mi
  • Veterans Park: 8.5 mi
  • Turkey Run Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.9 mi
  • Buffington Island State Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • Frozencamp Wildlife Management Area: 10.6 mi
Museums: 10
  • Washington's Western Lands Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Beauchamp-Newman House: 13.6 mi
  • New Era One Room School: 16.2 mi
  • Old Meigs County Courthouse and Chester Academy: 19.5 mi
  • Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History: 21.6 mi
Historic sites: 9
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 12.6 mi
  • Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Quincy Park: 21.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Balls Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ruble KnobENE 76°406 m16.8 mi
Rattlesnake KnobE 99°393 m22.2 mi
Palsor KnobESE 103°380 m22.2 mi
Vineyard KnobSE 146°378 m23.0 mi
Mount BeulahE 99°371 m21.0 mi
Garnes KnobSSW 192°365 m20.0 mi
Weed KnobESE 115°363 m5.9 mi
Turkey KnobSE 132°363 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:39
June solstice06:0220:1620:56
September equinox07:1518:5019:25
December solstice07:4216:2617:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303341526169737265544235
Precip in3.43.44.34.04.84.85.24.03.83.33.03.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandyville 9 NE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356524641

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