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Beargarden Knob

Beargarden Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Beargarden Knob rises to 1,008 m in West Virginia. Job Knob stands 1,324 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Midland Trail passes 2.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31493970, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1008 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.03623, -80.77120

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
  • Quinwood Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
  • Rainelle Town Park: 4.3 mi
  • Rainelle Park: 4.6 mi
  • Rupert City Park: 6.6 mi
  • Rupert Recreation Area: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 36
  • Cambodia: 10.2 mi
  • Molly and Johnny Wall: 10.4 mi
  • Fifth Buttress: 10.5 mi
  • Fourth Buttress: 10.7 mi
  • Third Buttress: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Attractions: 8
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 15.0 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 16.8 mi
  • Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 18.3 mi
  • The Canopy: 20.1 mi
  • The Mystery Hole: 21.0 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 15.8 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 16.6 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 17.3 mi
  • Coal Miner Memorial: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Rudolph Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Peters Creek Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
  • North Bend Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • Brooks Falls: 23.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 18.7 mi
Museums: 1
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 24.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Beargarden Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Job KnobENE 76°1,324 m12.8 mi
Cross MountainESE 114°1,271 m10.8 mi
Beech KnobENE 60°1,261 m10.5 mi
Little Beech KnobENE 60°1,255 m10.9 mi
Wildcat KnobENE 63°1,223 m9.2 mi
Bush Place KnobENE 64°1,208 m8.5 mi
Buffalo MountainESE 110°1,204 m12.5 mi
Huggins KnobESE 113°1,204 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:35
June solstice06:0120:1020:50
September equinox07:1218:4719:22
December solstice07:3616:2617:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937485764676761503931
Precip in4.14.05.14.45.64.85.44.23.93.14.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356524649

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