Big Run Knob
Big Run Knob rises to 732 m in West Virginia. Mast Knob stands 1,221 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building, a museum 4.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31500257, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 732 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 14.3 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 22.1 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 23.4 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bob Peak: 4.8 mi
- Prit Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Cleveland Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Haystack Knob: 6.6 mi
- Beverage Knob: 7.1 mi
- Fort Pickens Monument: 10.0 mi
- Gerald L. Scott Memorial Boat Ramp: 10.0 mi
- Upshur County Recreational Park: 11.0 mi
- Boat Dock: 12.0 mi
- Tall Oaks Roadside Park: 12.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Upshur War Monument: 13.8 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 20.1 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 20.1 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 20.2 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 4.8 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 20.2 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 20.3 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 20.3 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 20.4 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 6.8 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 19.1 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 20.2 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 9.5 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 10.6 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 20.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 11.9 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 12.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 13.9 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 5.2 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 16.6 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 13.8 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 23.9 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 16.6 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 24.8 mi
- Bulltown: 16.6 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Big Run Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mast Knob | SSE 156° | 1,221 m | 13.3 mi |
| Whitman Knob | SE 146° | 1,193 m | 13.8 mi |
| Buck Knob | SE 141° | 1,173 m | 13.4 mi |
| Back Fork Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,138 m | 14.1 mi |
| Turkeybone Mountain | SSE 161° | 1,132 m | 11.7 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | SE 129° | 1,113 m | 9.9 mi |
| Cherry Knob | SE 125° | 1,106 m | 14.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SE 142° | 1,083 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Cave 2 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356515517
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 14 mi
- Weston · 21 mi
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