Childers Knob
Childers Knob rises to 778 m in West Virginia. Pharis Knob stands 1,410 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Imboden Knob, a peak 2.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 2.0 miles off. 137 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31543206, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 778 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 2.4 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 14.3 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 17.7 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
137 named places within 25 miles
- Imboden Knob: 2.2 mi
- Harper Knob: 2.8 mi
- Hawflat Knob: 4.6 mi
- Chenoweth Knob: 5.2 mi
- Kelley Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Beverly Historic District: 2.4 mi
- Davis Street Park: 6.5 mi
- Glendale Park & Skatepark: 6.8 mi
- Riverbend Park: 6.8 mi
- Valley Bend Wetland Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Pat Spring: 6.7 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 7.8 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 9.1 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 16.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 16.9 mi
- Wilson Monument: 4.1 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 6.9 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 14.6 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 18.6 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 20.2 mi
- High Falls: 4.8 mi
- Small waterfall: 18.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 18.1 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 18.6 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 23.7 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 2.4 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 6.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 24.8 mi
- Sites Homestead: 24.9 mi
- Gertrude: 11.2 mi
- Mill Run: 20.3 mi
- Stringtown: 22.5 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 21.4 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 24.3 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 24.4 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 7.1 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 24.3 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 11.0 mi
- Locust Springs: 19.6 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 13.9 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 24.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Childers Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharis Knob | ESE 118° | 1,410 m | 12.6 mi |
| Horse Rock | ESE 105° | 1,374 m | 18.7 mi |
| Crouch Knob | SSW 201° | 1,374 m | 18.9 mi |
| Job Knob | E 80° | 1,353 m | 17.1 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | S 182° | 1,351 m | 14.6 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,348 m | 17.6 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | SE 133° | 1,339 m | 12.6 mi |
| Burner Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,309 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins- Randolph CO AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554130 — Childers Knob, Randolph County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524763
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 24 mi
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