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Beech Knob

Beech Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Beech Knob rises to 1,261 m in West Virginia. Grassy Knob stands 1,332 m to the east-southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Beech Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 8.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31495049, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1261 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.11234, -80.60509

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 36
  • Quinwood Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
  • Richwood Community Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Sterling Spencer Memorial Sculpture Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Richwood Roadside Park: 10.5 mi
  • Rupert Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Circus Wall: 15.5 mi
  • Orange Oswald Wall: 15.6 mi
  • Narcissus Cave: 15.6 mi
  • Satisfaction Wall: 15.7 mi
  • Long Wall: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Waterfalls: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 8.7 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 16.2 mi
  • Bubble Cave Preserve: 17.2 mi
  • Lost World Caverns: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • North Bend Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 13.1 mi
  • Hillsboro: 21.7 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Museums: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 8.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Springs: 1
  • Locust Creek Spring: 19.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Beech Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grassy KnobESE 119°1,332 m6.7 mi
Job KnobESE 124°1,324 m4.1 mi
Cold KnobESE 116°1,314 m7.9 mi
Sugartree Bench MountainE 83°1,289 m12.4 mi
Cross MountainS 175°1,271 m9.7 mi
Fork MountainENE 67°1,271 m13.0 mi
Little Beech KnobENE 66°1,255 m0.5 mi
Bee KnobE 98°1,231 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice06:0120:1020:49
September equinox07:1118:4619:21
December solstice07:3616:2517:07

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356524655

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