Cedar Knob
Cedar Knob rises to 459 m in West Virginia. Buffalo Bull Knob stands 853 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kings Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 6.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31539609, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 459 m
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 17.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kings Knob: 0.5 mi
- Buck Knob: 1.3 mi
- Hog Knob: 1.7 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 3.1 mi
- Gabel Knob: 3.7 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 1.9 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 2.2 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
- Riffle Run Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Gilmer County: 9.3 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 11.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Presidents Wall: 17.1 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 17.2 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 13.4 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 19.4 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 19.5 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 19.5 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 19.7 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 5.2 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 14.8 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 16.1 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 13.2 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 16.2 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 16.2 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 1.8 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 9.5 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 6.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 10.4 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 19.4 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 21.7 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Bulltown: 1.8 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 17.1 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Cedar Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bull Knob | SSE 148° | 853 m | 21.1 mi |
| Miller Knob | SSE 151° | 850 m | 21.1 mi |
| Spillman Mountain | SSE 152° | 833 m | 21.6 mi |
| Hodam Mountain | SE 139° | 808 m | 16.6 mi |
| Cool Spring Knob | SSE 150° | 805 m | 17.9 mi |
| Potato Knob | ESE 123° | 748 m | 17.2 mi |
| Big Run Knob | E 85° | 732 m | 18.1 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SSE 156° | 731 m | 16.5 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 | 20:51 |
| 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554094 — Cedar Knob, Braxton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524757
Day trips start here
- Weston · 20 mi
- Buckhannon · 25 mi
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