Efaw Knob
Efaw Knob rises to 483 m in West Virginia. Kincaid Knob stands 544 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lantz Hill, a peak 2.4 miles away. Old Route 7 Byway passes 21 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31575968, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 483 m
How to reach it
- 21.2 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 26.9 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 27.8 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 30.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiedaisch Point · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mason-Dixon Historical Park: 10.6 mi
- Bowers Playground: 10.9 mi
- Mannington Fairgrounds: 11.3 mi
- Mannington Middle Park: 11.3 mi
- Grant Town Park: 11.5 mi
- Lantz Hill: 2.4 mi
- Fort Knob: 3.3 mi
- Devines Knob: 3.6 mi
- McFeeters Knob: 3.9 mi
- Bake Oven Knob: 5.1 mi
- West Augusta Historical Society Museum: 11.2 mi
- Paul R Stewart Museum: 16.0 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 16.1 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 16.5 mi
- Telephone Museum: 16.6 mi
- Border Heroine: 10.4 mi
- Asbury Church: 12.8 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 16.9 mi
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Park: 17.1 mi
- Spencer Cemetery: 17.3 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 14.3 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 14.4 mi
- Core Arboretum: 17.8 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Falling Run Greenspace: 19.6 mi
- From The Mountain: 18.5 mi
- Don Knotts: 19.3 mi
- Albert Gallatin Statue: 21.1 mi
- Sophia's Grave: 21.0 mi
- Wyit Sprowls Covered Bridge: 24.8 mi
- The Cliff: 4.3 mi
- Little Falls: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Efaw Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kincaid Knob | SE 133° | 544 m | 22.2 mi |
| Catherines Knob | SE 131° | 522 m | 5.7 mi |
| Bake Oven Knob | SSW 192° | 505 m | 5.1 mi |
| Honsocker Knob | W 281° | 493 m | 5.2 mi |
| Devines Knob | ESE 116° | 488 m | 3.6 mi |
| Lough Knob | W 278° | 484 m | 8.8 mi |
| Minnie Knob | ENE 67° | 484 m | 9.5 mi |
| Fort Knob | ESE 105° | 481 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:13 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:18 | 17:01 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1538567 — Efaw Knob, Monongalia County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356516589
Day trips start here
- Fairmont · 17 mi
- Morgantown · 19 mi
- Shinnston · 20 mi
- Bridgeport · 27 mi
- Clarksburg · 28 mi
- Grafton · 28 mi
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