Barnes Knob
Barnes Knob rises to 368 m in West Virginia. Sugar Knob stands 513 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cabbage Knob, a peak 1.7 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 3.5 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31486953, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 368 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 5.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
74 named places within 25 miles
- Cabbage Knob: 1.7 mi
- Kite Knob: 2.3 mi
- Hog Knob: 4.7 mi
- Campbell Hill: 5.4 mi
- Nighcut Hill: 6.2 mi
- Calhoun County Park: 8.0 mi
- Mount Zion Community Park: 9.3 mi
- Hersmans Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
- Glenville City Square: 10.2 mi
- Coopers Park: 12.2 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 9.6 mi
- Presidents Wall: 10.4 mi
- Smith-Bush Farm: 10.5 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 16.0 mi
- Gilmer County: 18.2 mi
- Beauchamp-Newman House: 21.0 mi
- Old Stone House Museum: 22.0 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 10.4 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 10.5 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 22.8 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barnes Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Knob | SSE 148° | 513 m | 21.5 mi |
| Teeny Knob | S 174° | 484 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mule Knob | S 187° | 478 m | 18.7 mi |
| Locust Knob | ESE 106° | 477 m | 19.0 mi |
| Eli Taylor Knob | SSE 161° | 470 m | 24.0 mi |
| Gabel Knob | ESE 121° | 468 m | 23.0 mi |
| Velvet Knob | S 184° | 460 m | 24.1 mi |
| Boar Knob | SSE 162° | 440 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:14 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grantsville 1ese, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524643
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