Flint Knob
Flint Knob rises to 959 m in West Virginia. Kile Knob stands 1,395 m to the west-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Neds Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31583218, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 959 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 20.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 26.8 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 28.8 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Neds Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Propst Knob: 2.0 mi
- Cave Knob: 2.3 mi
- Socrates Mountain: 2.5 mi
- High Knob: 2.9 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 1.4 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 1.6 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 4.0 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
- Maple Spring: 11.6 mi
- Hall Spring: 12.7 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 13.0 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 13.4 mi
- Sand Spring: 14.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 15.1 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 17.2 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 19.1 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 19.2 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 23.9 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 12.5 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 13.6 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 15.9 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 17.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 17.2 mi
- Sites Homestead: 17.4 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 17.9 mi
- Highland County Museum: 19.2 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 24.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 16.6 mi
- Southern Pillar: 17.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 17.1 mi
- Lower Slabs: 17.3 mi
- Locust Springs: 16.6 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 17.2 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 19.4 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 24.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 15.6 mi
- Small waterfall: 15.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 18.1 mi
- Smoke Hole: 18.9 mi
- Gertrude: 25.0 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Flint Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kile Knob | WNW 285° | 1,395 m | 8.2 mi |
| Panther Knob | W 260° | 1,371 m | 8.8 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | ESE 124° | 1,332 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bother Knob | SE 129° | 1,323 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pike Knob | NW 315° | 1,308 m | 7.9 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | NNW 334° | 1,243 m | 9.0 mi |
| Ruleman Mountain | W 271° | 1,233 m | 7.1 mi |
| Simmons Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,121 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523611
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