Crouch Knob
Crouch Knob rises to 1,374 m in West Virginia. Cheat Mountain stands 1,481 m to the south-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Beckys Creek Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.5 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31556112, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1374 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 5.2 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 6.2 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 10.3 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 6 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 4127: 2.3 mi
- Snyder Knob: 2.4 mi
- Barton Knob: 3.6 mi
- Ward Knob: 3.8 mi
- Rich Knob: 5.0 mi
- Beckys Creek Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Cheat Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 7.0 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 7.4 mi
- Widney Park: 8.3 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 10.3 mi
- Powerhouse: 12.1 mi
- Boiler House: 12.1 mi
- Cass: 12.3 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 5.2 mi
- High Falls: 17.0 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 21.2 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 22.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 6.4 mi
- Locust Spring: 17.1 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 24.2 mi
- Pat Spring: 24.3 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 16.0 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 21.2 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 21.8 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 23.2 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 12.4 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 19.2 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 23.2 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 7.4 mi
- Raven Rocks: 8.4 mi
- Gertrude: 11.6 mi
- Locust Springs: 17.2 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Crouch Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheat Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,481 m | 9.3 mi |
| Thorny Benchmark | S 188° | 1,481 m | 12.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 170° | 1,476 m | 8.6 mi |
| Tygart Valley North | SSW 196° | 1,457 m | 7.3 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | S 186° | 1,433 m | 5.1 mi |
| Snyder Knob | S 185° | 1,432 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mace Knob | SSW 199° | 1,425 m | 8.8 mi |
| Elleber Knob | SE 129° | 1,401 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
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 | 30 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 58 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kumbrabow, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523497
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