Bob Peak
Bob Peak rises to 586 m in West Virginia. Mast Knob stands 1,221 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31507192, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 586 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 16.7 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 18.0 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 28.1 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Beverage Knob: 3.4 mi
- Big Knob: 3.5 mi
- Prit Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Wilson Knob: 4.2 mi
- Big Run Knob: 4.8 mi
- Fort Pickens Monument: 7.1 mi
- Gerald L. Scott Memorial Boat Ramp: 8.4 mi
- Boat Dock: 8.6 mi
- Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- Upshur County Recreational Park: 9.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Upshur War Monument: 11.9 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 15.6 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 15.6 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 15.7 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 2.9 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 15.7 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 15.8 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 15.8 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 15.8 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 10.0 mi
- Hanging Rock: 11.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 18.7 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 11.2 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 12.7 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 16.2 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 11.4 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 15.7 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 17.6 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 1.5 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 11.8 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 13.4 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 23.0 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 11.9 mi
- Bulltown: 13.3 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Bob Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mast Knob | SSE 149° | 1,221 m | 17.7 mi |
| Whitman Knob | SE 142° | 1,193 m | 18.5 mi |
| Back Fork Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,138 m | 18.2 mi |
| Turkeybone Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,132 m | 16.0 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | SE 129° | 1,113 m | 14.7 mi |
| Cherry Knob | SE 126° | 1,106 m | 19.1 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SE 138° | 1,083 m | 15.4 mi |
| Round Knob | SE 144° | 1,073 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356532503
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 12 mi
- Weston · 16 mi
Take the scenic way to Bob Peak.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.