Bearden Knob
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Bearden Knob rises to 1,175 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is BearDen Rocks, a peak 0.9 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31493885, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1175 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 17.2 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- BearDen Rocks: 0.9 mi
- Cooper Knob: 3.7 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.3 mi
- Harman Knob: 4.9 mi
- Brown Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Davis Riverfront Park: 2.6 mi
- Davis Park: 2.9 mi
- Tucker Boulder Park: 3.2 mi
- Fairfax Stone State Park: 7.0 mi
- Fred Long Centennial Park: 8.5 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 5.1 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 5.2 mi
- Stony River Dam: 7.1 mi
- Stony River Dam: 7.2 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 13.6 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 3.1 mi
- Elakala Falls: 3.9 mi
- Douglas Falls: 5.2 mi
- Albert Falls: 5.3 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 20.2 mi
- Sites Homestead: 18.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 19.0 mi
- Garrett County Historical Museum: 21.0 mi
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station: 21.1 mi
- Garrett County Museum of Transportation: 21.1 mi
- Lower Slabs: 18.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 19.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 19.1 mi
- Southern Pillar: 19.1 mi
- Eagle Rock: 20.7 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 6.5 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 17.0 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 20.3 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 21.8 mi
- Pat Spring: 22.8 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 3.8 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 17.3 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 23.7 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 24.8 mi
- Kempton: 7.7 mi
- Stringtown: 8.4 mi
- Mill Run: 9.0 mi
- Smoke Hole: 18.8 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 6.2 mi
- Herrington Manor State Park: 24.5 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Bearden Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | S 188° | 1,452 m | 12.3 mi |
| Green Knob | S 184° | 1,424 m | 14.3 mi |
| Haystack Knob | S 183° | 1,376 m | 13.9 mi |
| Weiss Knob | S 182° | 1,359 m | 7.7 mi |
| Job Knob | SSW 198° | 1,353 m | 17.2 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,348 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 181° | 1,332 m | 6.7 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | S 177° | 1,331 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 29 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Davis 3SE, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1550202 — Bearden Knob, Tucker County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523181
Day trips start here
- Kingwood · 29 mi
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