Buster Knob
Buster Knob rises to 997 m in West Virginia. Cross Mountain stands 1,271 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stevens Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Midland Trail passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31520453, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 997 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 13.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 24.3 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 27.2 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 14 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 19 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stevens Knob: 1.2 mi
- Myles Knob: 1.5 mi
- Sewell Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Sims Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Fork Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Rainelle Park: 3.3 mi
- Rainelle Town Park: 3.8 mi
- Rupert City Park: 7.7 mi
- Mundy Park: 7.9 mi
- Meadow River Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
- Cambodia: 13.0 mi
- Molly and Johnny Wall: 13.2 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Fifth Buttress: 13.4 mi
- Third Buttress: 13.5 mi
- Fairview: 5.1 mi
- Bryant: 6.4 mi
- Walker Hill: 7.4 mi
- McClung: 7.7 mi
- Tina: 8.8 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 15.5 mi
- The Canopy: 15.6 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 17.6 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 19.6 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 20.4 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 11.8 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 12.7 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 12.8 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 16.3 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 19.9 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 20.0 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 20.1 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 23.4 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 23.5 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 14.6 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 14.7 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 22.1 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 23.3 mi
- Grandview: 15.0 mi
- Needleseye Park: 15.9 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 19.6 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Brooks Falls: 17.1 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 16.7 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Buster Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | E 86° | 1,271 m | 13.0 mi |
| Bush Place Knob | NE 50° | 1,208 m | 14.0 mi |
| Joe Knob | ENE 73° | 1,192 m | 14.3 mi |
| Pollock Knob | ENE 59° | 1,187 m | 11.8 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,169 m | 13.9 mi |
| Rich Knob | ENE 64° | 1,160 m | 9.3 mi |
| Brier Knob | NE 53° | 1,136 m | 11.1 mi |
| Sumac Knob | NE 53° | 1,134 m | 10.4 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 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1536785 — Buster Knob, Fayette County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356515792
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