Cooper Knob
Cooper Knob rises to 1,201 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the south, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Canaan Mountain, a peak 2.8 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31552439, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,201 m
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 20.8 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 21.4 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 22.4 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Canaan Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Pointy Knob: 2.8 mi
- Chimney Rock: 3.4 mi
- Bearden Knob: 3.7 mi
- Flat Ridge: 4.1 mi
- Davis Riverfront Park: 4.6 mi
- Davis Park: 4.8 mi
- Tucker Boulder Park: 4.9 mi
- Fred Long Centennial Park: 8.3 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 5.5 mi
- Stony River Dam: 10.3 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 16.8 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 20.6 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 22.8 mi
- Elakala Falls: 3.6 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 3.7 mi
- Douglas Falls: 5.2 mi
- Albert Falls: 5.5 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 16.9 mi
- Sites Homestead: 16.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 16.5 mi
- Generation Museum: 22.6 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 22.8 mi
- Garrett County Historical Museum: 24.2 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 3.2 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 14.4 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 16.7 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 18.1 mi
- Pat Spring: 19.2 mi
- Lower Slabs: 16.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 16.6 mi
- Southern Pillar: 16.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 18.8 mi
- Baker Rocks: 24.5 mi
- Stringtown: 5.1 mi
- Mill Run: 5.4 mi
- Kempton: 10.1 mi
- Smoke Hole: 17.2 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 4.1 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 20.5 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 21.0 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 3.2 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 14.7 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Cooper Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | S 177° | 1,452 m | 9.2 mi |
| Green Knob | S 174° | 1,424 m | 11.3 mi |
| Haystack Knob | S 172° | 1,376 m | 11.0 mi |
| Weiss Knob | SSE 158° | 1,359 m | 5.1 mi |
| Job Knob | SSW 193° | 1,353 m | 13.7 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,348 m | 12.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 151° | 1,332 m | 4.2 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,331 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524787
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