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.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31492438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1263 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
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 10 mi
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
- Southern Pillar: 20.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 20.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 20.2 mi
- Raven Rocks: 20.3 mi
- Lower Slabs: 20.3 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
- 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 15.0 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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