Buffalo Knob
Buffalo Knob rises to 920 m in West Virginia. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the east, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sewell Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Midland Trail passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31516259, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 920 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 15.2 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 17.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 18 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 28 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls: 3.8 mi
- Pence Springs Hotel Historic District: 9.6 mi
- Bellepoint Park: 9.9 mi
- John Henry Historical Park: 10.1 mi
- Hilldale-Talcott Ruritan Club John Henry Park: 10.2 mi
- Sewell Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Hump Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Gwinn Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Fisher Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 22.2 mi
- Endless Wall: 22.2 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 22.4 mi
- Fern Point Area: 22.4 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 7.9 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 8.0 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 8.1 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 19.4 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 19.5 mi
- World War II Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 16.1 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 16.7 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 17.0 mi
- Ship Rock: 16.4 mi
- The Canopy: 17.5 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 20.3 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 21.8 mi
- Organ Cave: 22.5 mi
- Grandview: 12.6 mi
- Needleseye Park: 20.4 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 24.4 mi
- Brooks Falls: 5.4 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 3.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Buffalo Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeney Knob | E 95° | 1,195 m | 7.4 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | E 92° | 1,169 m | 6.8 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | ESE 113° | 1,116 m | 5.5 mi |
| Boggs Knob | NNE 19° | 1,102 m | 10.0 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | ESE 119° | 1,095 m | 4.9 mi |
| Elk Knob | SE 142° | 1,078 m | 5.2 mi |
| Myles Knob | N 8° | 1,054 m | 13.3 mi |
| Little Sewell Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,051 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluestone Lake, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554024 — Buffalo Knob, Summers County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524733
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