Bear Knob
Bear Knob rises to 869 m in West Virginia. Snyder Knob stands 1,432 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Run Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 4.6 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31493548, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 869 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 4.7 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 17.0 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 21.3 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
128 named places within 25 miles
- Long Run Hill: 0.7 mi
- Kelly Knob: 1.1 mi
- Church Knob: 4.6 mi
- Nettle Mountain: 5.3 mi
- High Germany Knob: 6.7 mi
- Tall Oaks Roadside Park: 6.3 mi
- Valley Bend Wetland Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
- Mill Creek City Park: 8.2 mi
- George Ward Elementary School Park: 8.3 mi
- Huttonsville Park: 9.1 mi
- Wilson Monument: 11.8 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 12.9 mi
- Upshur War Monument: 14.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 18.6 mi
- Pat Spring: 18.1 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 19.2 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 20.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 20.6 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 22.9 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 9.8 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 12.9 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 15.7 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 22.5 mi
- High Falls: 15.5 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 18.9 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 19.3 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 23.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 12.0 mi
- Hanging Rock: 22.5 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 23.0 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 11.4 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 17.3 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 13.2 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 14.8 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 13.9 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 18.2 mi
- Gertrude: 18.3 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snyder Knob | SSE 166° | 1,432 m | 20.7 mi |
| Crouch Knob | SSE 164° | 1,374 m | 18.5 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | SE 142° | 1,351 m | 18.6 mi |
| Hutton Knob | SSE 149° | 1,291 m | 15.0 mi |
| White Top | SE 145° | 1,237 m | 17.1 mi |
| Pond Lick Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,222 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mast Knob | SSW 201° | 1,221 m | 15.6 mi |
| Stuart Knob | ENE 68° | 1,221 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins- Randolph CO AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1535377 — Bear Knob, Randolph County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356515280
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 15 mi
- Weston · 27 mi
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