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Buck Knob

Buck Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Buck Knob rises to 409 m in West Virginia. Owlshead stands 442 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Paden City Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31515293, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
409 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.59119, -80.94483

Overlooks nearby

56 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 21
Parks: 20
Nature reserves: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Upper Piatt Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Lower Piatt Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Raven Rocks Falls: 20.4 mi
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Irish Run Natural Bridge: 13.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Willow Island disaster memorial: 23.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buck Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
OwlsheadESE 102°442 m16.5 mi
Riggs KnobNNE 29°435 m20.4 mi
OwlsheadS 184°434 m10.5 mi
Mount JacobsENE 70°421 m7.5 mi
Kanzigg HillN 9°398 m18.8 mi
Shepherd HillNE 49°383 m19.2 mi
Boston HillNE 37°379 m5.9 mi
Mulberry KnobNW 308°370 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:36
June solstice05:5720:1520:55
September equinox07:1218:4719:23
December solstice07:4216:2117:04

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293240516169737266544334
Precip in3.73.13.93.94.54.54.73.63.73.02.93.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hannibal Locks & DAM, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356523344

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