Big Pine Knob
Big Pine Knob rises to 436 m in West Virginia. Coon Knob stands 542 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Stone Trough, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31500077, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 436 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 10.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Flag Knob: 1.1 mi
- Powell Knob: 3.6 mi
- Tank Hill: 4.1 mi
- Barnes Knob: 9.5 mi
- Hog Knob: 10.0 mi
- Glenville City Square: 3.7 mi
- Hersmans Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
- Calhoun County Park: 11.9 mi
- Burnsville City Park: 12.1 mi
- Mount Zion Community Park: 13.4 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 0.5 mi
- Presidents Wall: 4.0 mi
- Smith-Bush Farm: 6.5 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 7.6 mi
- Gilmer County: 9.3 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 1.0 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 20.9 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 18.1 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 19.3 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 3.9 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Bulltown: 18.1 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 23.9 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Big Pine Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Knob | SSE 165° | 542 m | 19.7 mi |
| Sugar Knob | ESE 107° | 542 m | 22.6 mi |
| Fisher Knob | SE 136° | 531 m | 16.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 81° | 526 m | 22.7 mi |
| Fox Knob | S 170° | 525 m | 24.0 mi |
| High Knob | SE 128° | 524 m | 20.8 mi |
| Wolf Fork Mountain | ENE 78° | 517 m | 23.6 mi |
| Sugar Knob | SSE 165° | 513 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:13 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:23 | 17:05 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenville, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1535894 — Big Pine Knob, Gilmer County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356515511
Day trips start here
- Weston · 24 mi
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