Bayard Knob
Bayard Knob rises to 1,263 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the east-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Beech Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 8.7 miles off. 139 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31492438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,263 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 10.5 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 10.9 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 11.3 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
139 named places within 25 miles
- Beech Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Cunningham Knob: 2.2 mi
- Lynn Knob: 3.0 mi
- Round Knob: 4.1 mi
- Yokum Knob: 4.2 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 8.0 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 9.4 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 9.7 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 10.6 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 11.6 mi
- Wilson Monument: 17.2 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 19.7 mi
- Locust Spring: 6.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 7.7 mi
- Cool Spring: 10.8 mi
- Pat Spring: 13.9 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 14.2 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 15.6 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 16.4 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 16.9 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 18.8 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 20.4 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 15.7 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 18.4 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 18.7 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 19.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 19.9 mi
- High Falls: 8.7 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 11.3 mi
- Small waterfall: 11.5 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 14.3 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 19.3 mi
- Southern Pillar: 20.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 20.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 20.3 mi
- Lower Slabs: 20.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 23.4 mi
- Gertrude: 5.7 mi
- Stringtown: 24.5 mi
- Mill Run: 24.7 mi
- Smoke Hole: 24.9 mi
- Locust Springs: 6.4 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 17.8 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 24.0 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 9.3 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bayard Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | ENE 77° | 1,482 m | 8.1 mi |
| Pharis Knob | NNE 31° | 1,410 m | 5.5 mi |
| Kile Knob | ESE 110° | 1,395 m | 11.4 mi |
| Horse Rock | ENE 60° | 1,374 m | 11.1 mi |
| Panther Knob | SE 127° | 1,371 m | 12.5 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | SE 136° | 1,370 m | 11.4 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | WSW 246° | 1,351 m | 9.7 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | NNE 24° | 1,339 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 35 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glady 1 N, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524644
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