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Buckeye Knob

Buckeye Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Buckeye Knob rises to 331 m in West Virginia. Ruble Knob stands 406 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Monroe Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 18 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31515410, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
331 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.76537, -81.53346

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 29
  • Frozencamp Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
  • Cedar Lakes Conference Center: 8.2 mi
  • Ben's Run Recreational Area: 9.6 mi
  • Washington Park: 9.8 mi
  • Charles Fork Lake Recreational Area: 10.2 mi
Museums: 3
  • Washington's Western Lands Museum: 17.3 mi
  • Beauchamp-Newman House: 22.0 mi
  • Mary Ingles Trail: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Captain John Young: 21.9 mi
  • Elizabeth: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Buckeye Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ruble KnobNE 36°406 m21.2 mi
Desert KnobE 94°400 m19.8 mi
Campbell HillSSE 151°397 m16.2 mi
Starcher RocksSE 138°397 m17.2 mi
Crabapple KnobSSE 157°394 m20.1 mi
Jackson RocksSE 133°393 m16.5 mi
Rattlesnake KnobENE 62°393 m20.6 mi
Gunstock KnobS 173°387 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:38
June solstice06:0220:1520:55
September equinox07:1518:5019:25
December solstice07:4216:2717:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526169737165544335
Precip in3.43.24.33.75.04.95.33.73.93.33.13.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356515744

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