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. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31556112, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,374 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
- Little Laurel Overlook · 19 mi
109 named places within 25 miles
- Snyder Knob: 2.4 mi
- Barton Knob: 3.6 mi
- Ward Knob: 3.8 mi
- Rich Knob: 5.0 mi
- Beech Flat Knob: 5.1 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 25 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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