Desert Knob
Desert Knob rises to 400 m in West Virginia. Sugar Knob stands 513 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is King Rocks, a peak 4.3 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31565452, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 400 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 22.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- King Rocks: 4.3 mi
- Chambers Knob: 5.8 mi
- Mule Knob: 6.3 mi
- Keeley Knob: 7.5 mi
- Palsor Knob: 9.6 mi
- Mount Zion Community Park: 8.4 mi
- Calhoun County Park: 9.5 mi
- Charles Fork Lake Recreational Area: 9.8 mi
- Goff Hill Civil War Park: 10.3 mi
- Washington Park: 10.7 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 18.1 mi
- Presidents Wall: 22.4 mi
- Captain John Young: 23.9 mi
- Smith-Bush Farm: 24.4 mi
- Chestnut Point: 14.6 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 19.1 mi
- July: 21.1 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Desert Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Knob | E 98° | 513 m | 19.3 mi |
| Bragg Knob | SE 144° | 494 m | 18.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSE 152° | 492 m | 14.4 mi |
| Teeny Knob | ESE 109° | 484 m | 10.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | ESE 116° | 481 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mule Knob | ESE 118° | 478 m | 6.3 mi |
| Eli Taylor Knob | ESE 115° | 470 m | 17.0 mi |
| Velvet Knob | SE 144° | 460 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:14 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356516397
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