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. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31542377, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,106 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
- Little Laurel Overlook · 24 mi
131 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 25 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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