Buck Knob
Buck Knob rises to 456 m in West Virginia. Hodam Mountain stands 808 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31515189, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 456 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 16.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Knob: 1.3 mi
- Kings Knob: 1.7 mi
- Hog Knob: 2.6 mi
- Gabel Knob: 3.0 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 3.8 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 2.2 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 2.8 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Riffle Run Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Gilmer County: 8.1 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 10.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Presidents Wall: 16.0 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 16.3 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 13.8 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 18.4 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 18.5 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 18.5 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 18.7 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 3.9 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 15.7 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 17.1 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 12.2 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 15.3 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 16.3 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 1.9 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 10.4 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 7.7 mi
- Hanging Rock: 11.4 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 18.5 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 22.4 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Bulltown: 1.9 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 16.0 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Buck Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodam Mountain | SE 141° | 808 m | 17.9 mi |
| Cool Spring Knob | SSE 151° | 805 m | 19.1 mi |
| Potato Knob | SE 125° | 748 m | 18.2 mi |
| Big Run Knob | E 89° | 732 m | 18.5 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SSE 157° | 731 m | 17.8 mi |
| Big Mountain | SSE 159° | 710 m | 14.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | S 184° | 693 m | 18.1 mi |
| Cleveland Mountain | ESE 104° | 647 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:23 | 17:05 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton Lake, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356515739
Day trips start here
- Weston · 19 mi
- Buckhannon · 24 mi
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