Cove Knob
Cove Knob rises to 820 m in West Virginia. Kile Knob stands 1,395 m to the north, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is High Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31554374, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 820 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 11.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 19.0 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 22.0 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- High Knob: 0.6 mi
- Gulf Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Ginseng Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Pine Tree Knob: 2.9 mi
- Highland Park: 8.2 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.6 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 10.2 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 13.1 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 13.1 mi
- Locust Spring: 10.3 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 10.4 mi
- Hiner Spring: 12.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 13.2 mi
- Maple Spring: 19.2 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 13.2 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 14.2 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 14.3 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 15.7 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 18.2 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 5.4 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 5.9 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 7.5 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 8.0 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 18.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 12.3 mi
- Byrd Point: 21.4 mi
- Southern Pillar: 23.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 23.8 mi
- Lower Slabs: 24.0 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 8.0 mi
- Highland County Museum: 11.4 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 18.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 23.7 mi
- Sites Homestead: 23.9 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 9.5 mi
- Locust Springs: 10.2 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 15.0 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 18.4 mi
- Small waterfall: 18.7 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 21.9 mi
- High Falls: 24.4 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 17.0 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 21.0 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 22.8 mi
- Gertrude: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Cove Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kile Knob | N 2° | 1,395 m | 7.9 mi |
| Panther Knob | N 354° | 1,371 m | 4.3 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | NW 325° | 1,370 m | 4.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,362 m | 11.7 mi |
| Barren Rock | S 189° | 1,335 m | 5.9 mi |
| Pike Knob | NNE 13° | 1,308 m | 11.8 mi |
| Red Oak Knob | WSW 256° | 1,283 m | 9.8 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NW 323° | 1,273 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524793
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