Dayton Knob
Dayton Knob rises to 620 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Echo Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31563753, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 620 m
How to reach it
- 24.9 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
Named places within 25 miles
- Chimney Top: 1.5 mi
- Big Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Bulls Head: 2.0 mi
- New Creek Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 3.1 mi
- Echo Park: 1.3 mi
- Petersburg City Park: 5.7 mi
- Michael Brothers Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 7.1 mi
- Eagle Rock: 10.5 mi
- Baker Rocks: 11.0 mi
- Lower Slabs: 11.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 12.0 mi
- Southern Pillar: 12.0 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 16.9 mi
- Elakala Falls: 17.4 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 17.5 mi
- Douglas Falls: 18.9 mi
- Albert Falls: 19.1 mi
- Smoke Hole: 8.3 mi
- Stringtown: 13.2 mi
- Mill Run: 17.4 mi
- Kempton: 21.4 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 13.2 mi
- Hall Spring: 22.3 mi
- Sand Spring: 22.5 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 23.4 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 15.5 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 16.6 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 17.6 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 19.6 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 12.3 mi
- Lost River State Park: 18.2 mi
- Stony River Dam: 12.2 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 19.1 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 20.3 mi
- Sites Homestead: 12.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 12.2 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.4 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Dayton Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | WSW 257° | 1,452 m | 12.5 mi |
| Green Knob | WSW 247° | 1,424 m | 12.6 mi |
| Haystack Knob | WSW 248° | 1,376 m | 12.1 mi |
| Weiss Knob | W 279° | 1,359 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 284° | 1,332 m | 11.0 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,331 m | 10.5 mi |
| Cabin | WNW 291° | 1,304 m | 10.1 mi |
| High Mountain | WSW 255° | 1,287 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523513
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