Blackbird Knob
Blackbird Knob rises to 1,203 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the southwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Harman Knob, a peak 1.9 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31505147, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,203 m
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 26.8 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 27.6 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Harman Knob: 1.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 2.2 mi
- Breathed Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Cabin: 3.0 mi
- Coal Knob: 3.6 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Echo Park: 7.6 mi
- Davis Riverfront Park: 9.0 mi
- Davis Park: 9.3 mi
- Tucker Boulder Park: 9.6 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 9.1 mi
- Elakala Falls: 9.6 mi
- Douglas Falls: 11.1 mi
- Albert Falls: 11.3 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 16.7 mi
- Lower Slabs: 13.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 13.9 mi
- Southern Pillar: 13.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 14.7 mi
- Baker Rocks: 17.9 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 6.4 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 20.7 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 20.8 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 22.0 mi
- Pat Spring: 23.1 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 9.7 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 18.8 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 20.6 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 22.3 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 24.8 mi
- Stringtown: 7.4 mi
- Mill Run: 10.7 mi
- Smoke Hole: 12.7 mi
- Kempton: 14.0 mi
- Stony River Dam: 7.7 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 11.2 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 18.9 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 20.3 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 5.5 mi
- Sites Homestead: 13.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 13.9 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Blackbird Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | SW 219° | 1,452 m | 9.2 mi |
| Green Knob | SSW 209° | 1,424 m | 10.6 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SSW 208° | 1,376 m | 10.1 mi |
| Weiss Knob | WSW 238° | 1,359 m | 5.1 mi |
| Job Knob | SW 219° | 1,353 m | 14.8 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SW 223° | 1,348 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | WSW 247° | 1,332 m | 4.6 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,331 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 66 | 65 | 59 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canaan Valley #2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1550374 — Blackbird Knob, Tucker County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523258
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