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Champe Knobs

Champe Knobs, seen from above at true elevation

Champe Knobs rises to 630 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the west-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Skidmore Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 29 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31716090, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
630 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.90289, -79.29699

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 32
Cliffs: 8
  • Eagle Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 5.9 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 6.1 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 6.1 mi
  • Southern Pillar: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Springs: 7
  • Bubbling Springs: 12.0 mi
  • Hall Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Spruce Mountain Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Sand Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Ernest Carr Spring: 21.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 4
Picnic sites: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Champe Knobs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Porte CrayonWNW 282°1,452 m8.7 mi
Green KnobW 268°1,424 m8.0 mi
Haystack KnobW 271°1,376 m7.6 mi
Weiss KnobNW 311°1,359 m9.5 mi
Job KnobW 259°1,353 m12.4 mi
Brierpatch MountainW 266°1,348 m12.0 mi
Bald KnobNW 316°1,332 m10.1 mi
Cabin MountainNW 317°1,331 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5419:29
June solstice05:5320:0720:47
September equinox07:0618:4119:16
December solstice07:3316:1716:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644546372767467554537
Precip in2.62.63.53.54.54.14.53.63.42.72.52.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554106 — Champe Knobs, Pendleton County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356524758

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