Cedar Knob
Cedar Knob rises to 648 m in West Virginia. North Fork Peak stands 1,083 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Getz Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Grant County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31539624, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 648 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Getz Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Elkhorn Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Elkhorn Rock: 1.6 mi
- Stump Knob: 4.5 mi
- Middle Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Michael Brothers Memorial Park: 5.4 mi
- Welton Park: 5.6 mi
- Petersburg City Park: 5.6 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 6.9 mi
- Echo Park: 9.2 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 15.2 mi
- Shenandoah Alum Springs: 16.4 mi
- Sand Spring: 17.9 mi
- Hall Spring: 18.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.8 mi
- Baker Rocks: 4.6 mi
- Helmick Rock: 9.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 13.5 mi
- Lower Slabs: 16.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 16.9 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 11.4 mi
- Bryce Resort: 18.0 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 18.4 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 20.2 mi
- Lost River State Park: 9.5 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 18.4 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 21.3 mi
- Smoke Hole: 12.1 mi
- Stringtown: 22.0 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 16.5 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 23.5 mi
- Sites Homestead: 17.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 17.3 mi
- Stony River Dam: 19.2 mi
- Collie Grave: 22.5 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 13.4 mi
- Old grape garden: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Cedar Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fork Peak | W 276° | 1,083 m | 10.7 mi |
| White Grass Knob | SSE 165° | 988 m | 14.1 mi |
| Spring Mountain | SW 214° | 951 m | 8.5 mi |
| Chimney Top | WNW 290° | 945 m | 10.4 mi |
| New Creek Mountain | WNW 301° | 940 m | 10.9 mi |
| Reynolds Knob | S 176° | 930 m | 7.8 mi |
| Buffalo Clover Knob | SSE 160° | 917 m | 13.9 mi |
| Ant Knob | S 186° | 916 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:16 | 16:58 |
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 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1537137 — Cedar Knob, Grant County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356515942
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