Buck Knob
Buck Knob rises to 409 m in West Virginia. Riggs Knob stands 435 m to the north-northeast, 20 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. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 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
- 1.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 11.2 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Drovers' Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kiedaisch Point · 8 mi
53 named places within 25 miles
- Duffy Hill: 5.2 mi
- Boston Hill: 5.9 mi
- Mount Jacobs: 7.5 mi
- Owlshead: 10.5 mi
- English Hill: 10.5 mi
- Paden City Park: 1.0 mi
- Brooklyn Park: 5.4 mi
- New Martinsville Downtown Historic District: 5.4 mi
- North Street Historic District: 5.6 mi
- Bruce Park: 6.0 mi
- Kiedaisch Point Park: 7.6 mi
- Clarington 254 Park: 11.9 mi
- Rothenbuhler Woods Nature Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Piatt Park Gorge & Cave Area: 13.0 mi
- Sunfish Creek State Forest: 16.3 mi
- Upper Piatt Falls: 13.2 mi
- Lower Piatt Falls: 13.3 mi
- Raven Rocks Falls: 20.4 mi
- Old Stone House Museum: 21.2 mi
- Delf Norona Museum: 24.9 mi
- Glenn Rocks: 5.1 mi
- Irish Run Natural Bridge: 13.6 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riggs Knob | NNE 29° | 435 m | 20.4 mi |
| Owlshead | S 184° | 434 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Jacobs | ENE 70° | 421 m | 7.5 mi |
| Kanzigg Hill | N 9° | 398 m | 18.8 mi |
| Shepherd Hill | NE 49° | 383 m | 19.2 mi |
| Boston Hill | NE 37° | 379 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mulberry Knob | NW 308° | 370 m | 11.4 mi |
| Ranker Knob | NW 307° | 367 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:21 | 17:04 |
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 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hannibal Locks & DAM, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523344
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