Elk Knob
Elk Knob rises to 1,038 m in West Virginia. Wrights Peak stands 1,242 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cove Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Farm Heritage Road passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31576850, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,038 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 10.3 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cove Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Daugherty Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Hokes Mountain: 3.1 mi
- High Head Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Wolf Hills: 3.8 mi
- Lynnside Historic District: 7.2 mi
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District: 10.9 mi
- Modlin Park: 11.5 mi
- Lynch Field Park: 12.5 mi
- Coffman Hill: 10.7 mi
- High Point: 13.9 mi
- Piney Point: 14.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.2 mi
- Bear Cliff: 19.5 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 8.5 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 15.9 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Big Spring: 4.1 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 4.3 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 7.6 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 7.8 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 7.9 mi
- Organ Cave: 7.4 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 7.4 mi
- The Bunker: 12.0 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 15.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 17.0 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 5.3 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 13.0 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 16.8 mi
- Alleghany Historical Society: 23.9 mi
- Whitcomb: 11.0 mi
- Brink: 15.5 mi
- Alum Springs: 16.5 mi
- Egypt: 18.8 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 7.2 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 19.7 mi
- Middle Cascades: 8.3 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 8.4 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 7.4 mi
- Jerry's Run Safety Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Dunlap Beach: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Elk Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrights Peak | SW 219° | 1,242 m | 12.9 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | SSW 203° | 1,232 m | 16.1 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,231 m | 16.1 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,192 m | 12.7 mi |
| Arnolds Knob | SSE 168° | 1,186 m | 9.2 mi |
| Hanging Rock | SSW 207° | 1,153 m | 9.1 mi |
| Moteshard Mountain | S 176° | 1,136 m | 9.5 mi |
| Little Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,127 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:26 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union 3 SSE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524833
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