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.
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
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Run Hill: 0.7 mi
- Kelly Knob: 1.1 mi
- Kelly Knob: 2.4 mi
- Church Knob: 4.6 mi
- Nettle Mountain: 5.3 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 21.6 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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