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Bush Place Knob

Bush Place Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bush Place Knob rises to 1,208 m in West Virginia. Grassy Knob stands 1,332 m to the east-southeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Midland Trail passes 8.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31520279, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1208 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.08984, -80.63148

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 37
  • Quinwood Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
  • Rupert Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
  • Rupert City Park: 9.0 mi
  • Mundy Park: 9.4 mi
  • Rainelle Town Park: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 29
  • Cambodia: 15.4 mi
  • Circus Wall: 15.4 mi
  • Molly and Johnny Wall: 15.4 mi
  • Orange Oswald Wall: 15.4 mi
  • Fifth Buttress: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Waterfalls: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 10.7 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 16.0 mi
  • Bubble Cave Preserve: 17.9 mi
  • Lost World Caverns: 20.4 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 24.2 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
  • Hillsboro: 23.3 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • North Bend Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Museums: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Springs: 1
  • Locust Creek Spring: 20.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Bush Place Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grassy KnobESE 103°1,332 m7.5 mi
Job KnobE 98°1,324 m4.9 mi
Cold KnobESE 103°1,314 m8.7 mi
Cross MountainSSE 165°1,271 m8.4 mi
Beech KnobNE 43°1,261 m2.1 mi
Little Beech KnobNE 47°1,255 m2.5 mi
Bee KnobE 89°1,231 m11.1 mi
Blue KnobENE 75°1,227 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice06:0120:1020:49
September equinox07:1118:4719:21
December solstice07:3616:2517:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937485764676761503931
Precip in4.14.05.14.45.64.85.44.23.93.14.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356523363

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