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Clark Knob

Clark Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Clark Knob rises to 738 m in West Virginia. Butt Mountain stands 1,282 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercers Saltworks, a ghost town 2.0 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 4.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31545991, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
738 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.51068, -80.87592

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 39
  • Sherman Ballard Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
  • Bluestone Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
  • Bluestone National Scenic River: 7.6 mi
  • Bellepoint Park: 9.2 mi
  • Athens City Park: 9.6 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Museums: 7
  • Hinton Railroad Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Veteran's Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 11.4 mi
  • Andrew Johnston House: 14.8 mi
  • Princeton Railroad Museum: 15.0 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 5
Historic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Sandstone Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Cascades: 19.2 mi
  • Falls of Dismal: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Brooks Falls: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 1
Attractions: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Clark Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Butt MountainSE 125°1,282 m17.0 mi
Lookoff RockSE 125°1,256 m17.3 mi
Buckhorn KnobSSW 201°1,239 m16.1 mi
Sugar Run MountainS 176°1,238 m18.2 mi
Brushy TopESE 119°1,236 m17.2 mi
Jesses KnobSSW 202°1,164 m15.5 mi
Pearis MountainSSE 156°1,148 m15.3 mi
Sassafras KnobNNE 23°1,116 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:36
June solstice06:0320:1020:49
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
December solstice07:3516:2917:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343745556472757468564537
Precip in3.12.93.73.74.63.84.23.63.12.62.43.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluestone Lake, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356524767

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