Cheney Knob
Cheney Knob rises to 864 m in West Virginia. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Beelick Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Midland Trail passes 9.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31542180, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 864 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 12.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 20.3 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 13 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 18 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 22 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beelick Knob: 1.3 mi
- Goddard Knob: 1.9 mi
- Hump Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Patterson Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Gwinn Mountain: 3.7 mi
- New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls: 6.3 mi
- McKendreee Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 9.6 mi
- New River Gorge National River: 10.2 mi
- Rainelle Park: 10.7 mi
- Rainelle Town Park: 11.2 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 16.7 mi
- Endless Wall: 16.8 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 16.9 mi
- Fern Point Area: 16.9 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 10.9 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 11.3 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 12.0 mi
- World War II Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 12.1 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 12.2 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 12.2 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 17.2 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 17.2 mi
- The Canopy: 12.8 mi
- Ship Rock: 14.3 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 15.5 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 18.2 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 23.2 mi
- Grandview: 9.1 mi
- Needleseye Park: 15.2 mi
- Brooks Falls: 9.2 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 6.4 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Cheney Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeney Knob | ESE 117° | 1,195 m | 11.6 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,169 m | 10.9 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SE 130° | 1,116 m | 10.4 mi |
| Boggs Knob | NE 52° | 1,102 m | 7.8 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | SE 134° | 1,095 m | 10.1 mi |
| Elk Knob | SE 145° | 1,078 m | 10.6 mi |
| Myles Knob | NNE 29° | 1,054 m | 9.8 mi |
| Little Sewell Mountain | NE 54° | 1,051 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley Raleigh CO AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356516006
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