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Big Pine Knob

Big Pine Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.88981, -80.87733

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 23
Historic sites: 13
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Burnsville Waterfall: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bulltown Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Frametown Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Attractions: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coon KnobSSE 165°542 m19.7 mi
Sugar KnobESE 107°542 m22.6 mi
Fisher KnobSE 136°531 m16.5 mi
Bald KnobE 81°526 m22.7 mi
Fox KnobS 170°525 m24.0 mi
High KnobSE 128°524 m20.8 mi
Wolf Fork MountainENE 78°517 m23.6 mi
Sugar KnobSSE 165°513 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:36
June solstice05:5920:1320:53
September equinox07:1218:4719:22
December solstice07:3916:2317:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543536271747367564436
Precip in3.53.34.33.95.04.74.94.03.63.13.13.7

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

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