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Flag Knob

Flag Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Flag Knob rises to 686 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 3.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31582401, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
686 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.97706, -81.22733

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
  • Old Collins Middle: 3.8 mi
  • Collins Park: 3.8 mi
  • Oak Hill City Park: 4.1 mi
  • Historic Lewis House: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • Bridge Buttress: 10.4 mi
  • Fern Point Area: 10.5 mi
  • Party Buttress Area: 10.5 mi
  • Endless Wall: 10.6 mi
  • Honeymooner Area: 10.6 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Coal Miner Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Walter Scott's statue: 7.1 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 9.1 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 9.4 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Hank’s Last Stop: 4.7 mi
  • The Canopy: 7.5 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 10.5 mi
  • The Mystery Hole: 11.2 mi
  • Vanbibbers Rock: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cathedral Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Peters Creek Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 23.2 mi
Museums: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 14.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Flag Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy KnobSW 228°1,083 m19.4 mi
Walnut KnobESE 108°1,049 m16.2 mi
Pilot KnobSW 231°1,037 m20.2 mi
Ford KnobESE 101°1,026 m20.4 mi
Pond KnobWSW 241°1,011 m12.5 mi
Coal River MountainWSW 238°1,009 m11.9 mi
Beelick KnobESE 112°991 m20.6 mi
Lick KnobWSW 245°989 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:37
June solstice06:0320:1220:51
September equinox07:1318:4919:24
December solstice07:3816:2817:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536168717065544436
Precip in3.53.34.24.25.15.54.64.13.72.92.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Hill, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554465 — Flag Knob, Fayette County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356524855

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