Cedar Knob
Cedar Knob rises to 965 m in West Virginia. Kile Knob stands 1,395 m to the west-northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Brushy Knob, a peak 1.5 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q31539639, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 965 m
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 17.6 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 23.2 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 25.3 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Brushy Knob: 1.5 mi
- Kettlefield Knob: 1.5 mi
- Pond Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pickle Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Wilfong Knob: 2.0 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 3.2 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 6.0 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 10.9 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 10.9 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 10.6 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 13.1 mi
- Locust Spring: 13.2 mi
- Maple Spring: 14.9 mi
- Hiner Spring: 15.0 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 11.5 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 11.6 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 12.7 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 12.8 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 14.5 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 13.8 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 16.8 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 18.4 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 18.5 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 20.3 mi
- Raven Rocks: 5.4 mi
- Southern Pillar: 17.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 17.7 mi
- Lower Slabs: 17.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 18.0 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 15.1 mi
- Highland County Museum: 17.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 17.7 mi
- Sites Homestead: 17.8 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 24.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 13.1 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 15.4 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 14.3 mi
- Small waterfall: 14.5 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 17.2 mi
- High Falls: 24.3 mi
- Smoke Hole: 20.2 mi
- Gertrude: 21.7 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 23.5 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Cedar Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kile Knob | WNW 300° | 1,395 m | 5.1 mi |
| Panther Knob | WSW 258° | 1,371 m | 5.2 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | WSW 256° | 1,370 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pike Knob | NNW 342° | 1,308 m | 6.4 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | N 357° | 1,243 m | 8.6 mi |
| Ruleman Mountain | W 279° | 1,233 m | 3.6 mi |
| Big Mountain | W 276° | 1,177 m | 8.9 mi |
| Simmons Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,121 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1537136 — Cedar Knob, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356515941
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