Flag Knob
Flag Knob rises to 474 m in West Virginia. Hodam Mountain stands 808 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Rush Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 6.8 miles off. 126 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31582417, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 474 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 8.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 28.6 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 29.3 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
126 named places within 25 miles
- Rush Knob: 0.9 mi
- Pine Knob: 3.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 5.5 mi
- Wolf Fork Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Haystack Knob: 6.7 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Riffle Run Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Burnsville City Park: 6.5 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 8.5 mi
- Gilmer County: 8.4 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 9.6 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 9.7 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 9.7 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 9.7 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 9.7 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 9.8 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 9.8 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 10.0 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 13.8 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 4.0 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 13.8 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 16.5 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 6.2 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 19.8 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 21.4 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 9.7 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 23.1 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 24.0 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 8.6 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 19.2 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 12.4 mi
- Hanging Rock: 16.8 mi
- Bulltown: 8.7 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 15.0 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flag Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodam Mountain | SSE 158° | 808 m | 24.0 mi |
| Potato Knob | SSE 147° | 748 m | 22.7 mi |
| Church Knob | ESE 102° | 736 m | 23.0 mi |
| Big Run Knob | ESE 117° | 732 m | 18.1 mi |
| Big Mountain | S 173° | 710 m | 21.7 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SE 139° | 662 m | 16.4 mi |
| Cleveland Mountain | SE 138° | 647 m | 15.8 mi |
| Deen Knob | ENE 77° | 629 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stonewall Jackson DAM, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554467 — Flag Knob, Lewis County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524859
Day trips start here
- Weston · 10 mi
- Buckhannon · 18 mi
- Clarksburg · 28 mi
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