Ford Knob
Ford Knob rises to 1,026 m in West Virginia. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sewell Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Midland Trail passes 4.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31583839, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,026 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 12.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 24.6 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 27.6 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 13 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 20 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rainelle Park: 6.1 mi
- Rainelle Town Park: 6.6 mi
- Camp Washington Carver: 8.8 mi
- Meadow River Wildlife Management Area: 9.8 mi
- Rupert City Park: 10.0 mi
- Sewell Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Buster Knob: 3.3 mi
- Stevens Knob: 3.4 mi
- Beelick Knob: 3.8 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 14.3 mi
- Endless Wall: 14.4 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 14.5 mi
- Fern Point Area: 14.6 mi
- Tina: 5.8 mi
- Greenwood: 7.5 mi
- Fairview: 8.2 mi
- Bryant: 9.7 mi
- Walker Hill: 10.6 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 10.5 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 11.1 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 11.4 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 14.4 mi
- The Canopy: 13.6 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 15.8 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 16.0 mi
- Ship Rock: 18.0 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 20.8 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 16.9 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 17.0 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 17.0 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 20.6 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 20.6 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 11.4 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 23.8 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Grandview: 12.1 mi
- Needleseye Park: 14.7 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 22.4 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Brooks Falls: 14.0 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Ford Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeney Knob | SE 140° | 1,195 m | 13.1 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | SE 141° | 1,169 m | 12.4 mi |
| Rich Knob | NE 56° | 1,160 m | 12.3 mi |
| Brier Knob | NE 48° | 1,136 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sumac Knob | NE 47° | 1,134 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mill Creek Mountain | NE 49° | 1,122 m | 11.8 mi |
| Allen Knob | NE 47° | 1,119 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SSE 152° | 1,116 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554482 — Ford Knob, Fayette County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524867
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