Champe Knobs
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
- 29.4 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 29.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Skidmore Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Champe Rocks: 1.1 mi
- River Knob: 1.8 mi
- North Fork Peak: 2.7 mi
- Bulls Head: 3.2 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Echo Park: 7.1 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 8.0 mi
- 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
- Falls of Seneca: 11.9 mi
- Small waterfall: 14.6 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 14.7 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 17.7 mi
- Elakala Falls: 17.8 mi
- 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
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 14.5 mi
- Stony River Dam: 16.2 mi
- Stony River Dam: 16.2 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 19.7 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 19.7 mi
- Smoke Hole: 3.2 mi
- Stringtown: 11.2 mi
- Mill Run: 15.5 mi
- Kempton: 23.3 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 10.8 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 15.4 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 18.2 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 20.9 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 11.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Lost River State Park: 21.5 mi
- Sites Homestead: 6.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 6.3 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 20.7 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | WNW 282° | 1,452 m | 8.7 mi |
| Green Knob | W 268° | 1,424 m | 8.0 mi |
| Haystack Knob | W 271° | 1,376 m | 7.6 mi |
| Weiss Knob | NW 311° | 1,359 m | 9.5 mi |
| Job Knob | W 259° | 1,353 m | 12.4 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | W 266° | 1,348 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 316° | 1,332 m | 10.1 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | NW 317° | 1,331 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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, 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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