Big Knob
Big Knob rises to 1,156 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Alpena Gap Recreation Site, a park 0.9 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31499554, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,156 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 11.7 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 22.6 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 25.0 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hertig Knob: 1.9 mi
- Stuart Knob: 3.0 mi
- Spruce Knob: 3.1 mi
- Pond Lick Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Bickle Knob: 3.7 mi
- Alpena Gap Recreation Site: 0.9 mi
- Bear Heaven Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Stuart Recreation Area: 5.5 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 1.3 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 2.7 mi
- Pat Spring: 3.7 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 10.1 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 13.4 mi
- High Falls: 10.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 11.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 12.9 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 13.0 mi
- Elakala Falls: 16.7 mi
- Wilson Monument: 9.6 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 9.8 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 13.6 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 17.7 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Mill Run: 10.1 mi
- Stringtown: 12.1 mi
- Gertrude: 17.5 mi
- Smoke Hole: 21.2 mi
- Kempton: 23.1 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 9.7 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 11.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 16.8 mi
- Sites Homestead: 16.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 17.2 mi
- Lower Slabs: 17.2 mi
- Southern Pillar: 17.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 21.2 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 14.3 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 21.5 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 21.6 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 1.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 22.3 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 17.4 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 18.2 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 9.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Big Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | E 82° | 1,452 m | 11.7 mi |
| Green Knob | E 92° | 1,424 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pharis Knob | SSE 168° | 1,410 m | 11.7 mi |
| Haystack Knob | E 90° | 1,376 m | 12.6 mi |
| Horse Rock | SE 139° | 1,374 m | 14.0 mi |
| Weiss Knob | ENE 65° | 1,359 m | 14.4 mi |
| Job Knob | ESE 108° | 1,353 m | 8.5 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | E 97° | 1,348 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 35 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glady 1 N, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524686
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