Crabapple Knob
Crabapple Knob rises to 394 m in West Virginia. Bird Knob stands 555 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Lizann Knob, a peak 3.2 miles away. Midland Trail passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31554983, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 394 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 28.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 30 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
- Taylor Public Hunting Area: 5.8 mi
- Wallback Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Knollwood Playground and Park: 14.2 mi
- Daniel Boone Park: 15.8 mi
- Lizann Knob: 3.2 mi
- Johnny Knob: 3.6 mi
- West Union Hill: 4.1 mi
- Campbell Hill: 4.3 mi
- White Hill: 5.1 mi
- Captain John Young: 3.3 mi
- Train tunnel: 8.2 mi
- Donnally Monuments: 16.1 mi
- War Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Gold Star Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Women's Soldier: 16.5 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Firefighter's Memorial: 16.6 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Police Officer's Memorial: 16.6 mi
- Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ”Stonewall” Jackson: 16.6 mi
- Burial Atendants: 19.0 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 16.6 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 16.6 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 16.9 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 17.4 mi
- Wedding Garden: 12.7 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 16.4 mi
- Governor's Garden: 16.7 mi
- Chestnut Point: 12.4 mi
- Grotto: 12.9 mi
- July: 13.1 mi
- Skyline Drive: 15.0 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Crabapple Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Knob | SSE 147° | 555 m | 15.2 mi |
| Wallowhole Knob | ESE 105° | 513 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | ESE 102° | 499 m | 17.6 mi |
| Bragg Knob | E 85° | 494 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Desert | S 178° | 491 m | 14.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | E 82° | 487 m | 13.9 mi |
| Independence Mountain | SE 139° | 487 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mule Knob | NE 51° | 478 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:14 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
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 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clendenin, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1741873 — Crabapple Knob, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356537279
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