Day Knob
Day Knob rises to 858 m in West Virginia. Harmon Rocks stands 1,243 m to the west, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Simpson Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31563537, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 858 m
How to reach it
- 27.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 28.6 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Simpson Knob: 0.6 mi
- Clifton Knob: 1.0 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Ore Mountain: 1.1 mi
- High Knob: 1.7 mi
- Ruddle Park: 2.9 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 5.5 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 8.4 mi
- Hall Spring: 8.2 mi
- Sand Spring: 9.6 mi
- Maple Spring: 13.9 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 15.1 mi
- Beaver Creek Spring: 21.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 6.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 8.6 mi
- Southern Pillar: 10.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 10.7 mi
- Lower Slabs: 10.9 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 8.2 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 22.6 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 24.2 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 14.2 mi
- Small waterfall: 14.3 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 14.8 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 24.0 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 24.1 mi
- Lost River State Park: 24.4 mi
- Smoke Hole: 10.7 mi
- Stringtown: 22.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 11.0 mi
- Sites Homestead: 11.1 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 17.6 mi
- Locust Springs: 22.3 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 13.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Day Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmon Rocks | W 270° | 1,243 m | 8.1 mi |
| Cow Knob | E 95° | 1,231 m | 9.1 mi |
| Socrates Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,032 m | 7.5 mi |
| Castle Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,032 m | 9.5 mi |
| Peters Mountain | WSW 256° | 994 m | 7.4 mi |
| Flint Knob | SSW 207° | 959 m | 9.1 mi |
| Propst Knob | SSW 210° | 958 m | 7.1 mi |
| Pond Range Mountain | WSW 253° | 951 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523509
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