Boar Knob
Boar Knob rises to 440 m in West Virginia. Pilot Knob stands 693 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Knob, a peak 3.7 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31507068, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 440 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 20.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Knob: 3.7 mi
- Teeny Knob: 4.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 5.8 mi
- Potato Knob: 6.4 mi
- Sugar Knob: 6.7 mi
- Hersmans Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
- Gassaway Park: 9.5 mi
- Calhoun County Park: 12.7 mi
- Sutton Downtown Historic District: 13.0 mi
- Mount Zion Community Park: 13.3 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 10.0 mi
- Presidents Wall: 14.3 mi
- Gilmer County: 15.1 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 15.2 mi
- Smith-Bush Farm: 17.0 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 14.5 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 19.7 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 10.4 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 14.3 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 17.5 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Bulltown: 19.7 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Boar Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | SE 132° | 693 m | 21.9 mi |
| Ware Mountain | ESE 110° | 594 m | 22.4 mi |
| Little Birch Mountain | SE 141° | 577 m | 18.3 mi |
| Barnette Hill | SSE 147° | 566 m | 17.4 mi |
| Coon Knob | SE 138° | 542 m | 11.8 mi |
| Fisher Knob | E 97° | 531 m | 14.2 mi |
| Fox Knob | SSE 153° | 525 m | 15.1 mi |
| High Knob | E 97° | 524 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:13 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
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 | 29 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rosedale 3 NNW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1536154 — Boar Knob, Braxton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356515588
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