Copeland Knob
Copeland Knob rises to 541 m in West Virginia. Limestone Mountain stands 945 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pewee Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 0.4 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31552744, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 541 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 21.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 23.1 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 23.8 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Briarwood Park: 5.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
- Walnut Street Playground: 6.1 mi
- Hinkle-Deegan Park: 6.2 mi
- Compton Park: 6.2 mi
- Pewee Knob: 0.7 mi
- Plummer Knob: 0.9 mi
- Patton Knob: 1.5 mi
- Browns Knob: 4.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 5.6 mi
- Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower: 9.2 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 10.9 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 11.2 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Upshur War Monument: 22.1 mi
- Bice-Ferguson Museum: 10.4 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 11.9 mi
- Telephone Museum: 12.2 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 12.3 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 12.3 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 6.8 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 18.6 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 19.8 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 20.8 mi
- Core Arboretum: 24.9 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 22.1 mi
- Don Knotts: 24.5 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 17.0 mi
- Little Falls: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Copeland Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Mountain | ESE 104° | 945 m | 24.5 mi |
| Thorn Knob | SE 137° | 887 m | 22.3 mi |
| Texas Mountain | ESE 118° | 857 m | 20.8 mi |
| Pifer Mountain | ESE 113° | 835 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Phoebe | ENE 58° | 715 m | 24.0 mi |
| Deen Knob | S 176° | 629 m | 21.9 mi |
| King Knob | SSE 168° | 601 m | 9.3 mi |
| Bear Knob | SSW 205° | 570 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksburg Benedum AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554189 — Copeland Knob, Taylor County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524789
Day trips start here
- Bridgeport · 6 mi
- Grafton · 7 mi
- Shinnston · 10 mi
- Clarksburg · 11 mi
- Fairmont · 12 mi
- Buckhannon · 22 mi
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