Beech Knob
Beech Knob rises to 886 m in West Virginia. Job Knob stands 1,324 m to the southeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31495069, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 886 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 11.3 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 18.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Long Point Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 25 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 25 mi
- Concho Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Knob: 0.7 mi
- White Buck Knob: 1.7 mi
- Short Back Hill: 3.4 mi
- Coggins Knob: 3.6 mi
- Potato Hole Knob: 3.7 mi
- Circus Wall: 11.0 mi
- Orange Oswald Wall: 11.1 mi
- Narcissus Cave: 11.2 mi
- Satisfaction Wall: 11.2 mi
- Long Wall: 11.3 mi
- Quinwood Recreation Area: 7.1 mi
- Richwood Roadside Park: 7.7 mi
- Richwood Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Sterling Spencer Memorial Sculpture Garden: 8.6 mi
- Summersville Lake Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 9.8 mi
- McClung: 9.0 mi
- Walker Hill: 9.4 mi
- Bryant: 10.2 mi
- Fairview: 12.0 mi
- Nuttallburg: 21.7 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 9.3 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 17.9 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 17.9 mi
- Lower Falls of Hills Creek: 18.0 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 20.2 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 8.5 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 11.8 mi
- Bubble Cave Preserve: 21.5 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 23.2 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 24.7 mi
- Hillsboro: 24.9 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 11.8 mi
- Beartown State Park: 22.4 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 8.9 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- Locust Creek Spring: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Beech Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Knob | SE 129° | 1,324 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cold Knob | ESE 123° | 1,314 m | 12.2 mi |
| Cross Mountain | SSE 163° | 1,271 m | 13.4 mi |
| Beech Knob | SE 134° | 1,261 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Beech Knob | SE 129° | 1,255 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bee Knob | ESE 109° | 1,231 m | 13.7 mi |
| Blue Knob | ESE 104° | 1,227 m | 10.2 mi |
| Bearwallow Knob | ENE 76° | 1,227 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richwood 1sse, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1553837 — Beech Knob, Nicholas County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524656
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