Boyd Branch Knob
Boyd Branch Knob rises to 956 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Coal River Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31510818, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 956 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 16.7 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 17 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 20 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walhonde Roadside Park: 8.8 mi
- Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
- Graney Memorial Park: 11.6 mi
- Maxwell Hill Community Center and Park: 12.6 mi
- Eskdale Community Park: 12.6 mi
- Coal River Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Packs Knob: 2.8 mi
- Pond Knob: 2.9 mi
- Irish Lick Knob: 3.6 mi
- Wriston Knob: 3.9 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Bridge Buttress: 20.0 mi
- Fern Point Area: 20.1 mi
- Head Wall: 20.1 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 20.2 mi
- Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Constable Silas Frank Nance Memorial Site: 13.1 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 14.1 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 15.7 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 12.8 mi
- The Canopy: 14.9 mi
- Ship Rock: 15.9 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 19.1 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 19.8 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 13.0 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 13.3 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 13.3 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 20.3 mi
- Needleseye Park: 15.2 mi
- Grandview: 18.2 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 20.2 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Boyd Branch Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Knob | SW 215° | 1,083 m | 10.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 222° | 1,037 m | 10.8 mi |
| Pond Knob | WSW 242° | 1,011 m | 2.9 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | SW 225° | 1,009 m | 2.3 mi |
| Kopperston Mountain | SW 225° | 993 m | 12.8 mi |
| Lick Knob | ENE 56° | 989 m | 4.8 mi |
| High Knob | E 79° | 976 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mann Mountain | E 90° | 955 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Hill, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356515644
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