Cherry Knob
Cherry Knob rises to 1,106 m in West Virginia. Cheat Mountain stands 1,481 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Raven Rocks, a cliff 2.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31542377, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1106 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 9.2 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 13.0 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 14.0 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 12 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knob: 3.9 mi
- Blue Rock Knob: 4.5 mi
- Whitman Knob: 5.1 mi
- Beech Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Round Knob: 6.2 mi
- Huttonsville Park: 4.4 mi
- Huttonsville Farm Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- George Ward Elementary School Park: 5.4 mi
- Mill Creek City Park: 5.8 mi
- Beckys Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 17.3 mi
- Wilson Monument: 17.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.7 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 20.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 12.6 mi
- Pat Spring: 21.9 mi
- Locust Spring: 22.3 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 22.9 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 24.3 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 13.2 mi
- High Falls: 15.8 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 16.0 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 16.6 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 14.6 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 18.6 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 20.1 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 20.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 2.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 21.2 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 23.7 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 11.3 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 19.3 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 20.4 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 24.4 mi
- Gertrude: 13.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Cherry Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheat Mountain | S 172° | 1,481 m | 16.3 mi |
| Thorny Benchmark | S 172° | 1,481 m | 19.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 159° | 1,476 m | 16.7 mi |
| Tygart Valley North | S 170° | 1,457 m | 14.3 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | SSE 162° | 1,433 m | 12.8 mi |
| Snyder Knob | SSE 156° | 1,432 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mace Knob | S 174° | 1,425 m | 15.6 mi |
| Ward Knob | SSE 159° | 1,385 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 30 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 58 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kumbrabow, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523428
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 24 mi
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