Bee Knob
Bee Knob rises to 514 m in West Virginia. Mast Knob stands 1,221 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Moss Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31494667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 514 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 12.8 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 21.8 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Moss Knob: 1.2 mi
- Big Knob: 2.0 mi
- Handkerchief Knob: 2.0 mi
- Beverage Knob: 2.8 mi
- Haystack Knob: 2.8 mi
- Fort Pickens Monument: 3.8 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 8.2 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 9.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 13.4 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 13.4 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 13.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 5.2 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 13.5 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 13.6 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 13.6 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 13.6 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 6.1 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 8.1 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 23.6 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 7.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 10.7 mi
- Raven Rocks: 23.1 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 11.0 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 12.3 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 13.9 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 13.5 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 15.4 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 20.3 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 8.6 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 19.2 mi
- Bulltown: 8.6 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 14.6 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Bee Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mast Knob | SE 138° | 1,221 m | 21.2 mi |
| Whitman Knob | SE 132° | 1,193 m | 22.4 mi |
| Back Fork Mountain | SE 144° | 1,138 m | 21.2 mi |
| Turkeybone Mountain | SE 139° | 1,132 m | 19.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | ESE 120° | 1,113 m | 19.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SE 127° | 1,083 m | 19.6 mi |
| Bee Knob | SE 144° | 1,082 m | 19.3 mi |
| Round Knob | SE 133° | 1,073 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Cave 2 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1535489 — Bee Knob, Lewis County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356515309
Day trips start here
- Weston · 14 mi
- Buckhannon · 15 mi
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