Coal Knob
Coal Knob rises to 1,148 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Breathed Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31547549, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,148 m
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 24.1 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 25.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 28.2 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Breathed Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Cabin Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Weiss Knob: 2.7 mi
- Cabin: 2.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.9 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
- Echo Park: 8.6 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- Davis Riverfront Park: 10.7 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 10.3 mi
- Elakala Falls: 10.4 mi
- Douglas Falls: 12.0 mi
- Albert Falls: 12.3 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 13.1 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 5.0 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 17.9 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 19.1 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 19.4 mi
- Pat Spring: 20.2 mi
- Lower Slabs: 10.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 10.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 10.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 12.2 mi
- Baker Rocks: 19.2 mi
- Stringtown: 5.0 mi
- Mill Run: 9.1 mi
- Smoke Hole: 10.4 mi
- Kempton: 16.1 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 10.8 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 15.5 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 22.3 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 22.8 mi
- Stony River Dam: 11.2 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 12.3 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 16.7 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 21.8 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 4.2 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Sites Homestead: 10.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 10.6 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Coal Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | SW 225° | 1,452 m | 5.7 mi |
| Green Knob | SSW 209° | 1,424 m | 7.0 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SSW 208° | 1,376 m | 6.5 mi |
| Weiss Knob | W 279° | 1,359 m | 2.7 mi |
| Job Knob | SW 223° | 1,353 m | 11.2 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SW 229° | 1,348 m | 10.0 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 299° | 1,332 m | 2.9 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,331 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 66 | 65 | 59 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canaan Valley #2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523449
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