Fore Knobs
Fore Knobs rises to 834 m in West Virginia. Weiss Knob stands 1,359 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigeonroost, a peak 2.1 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31583905, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 834 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 17.5 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 21.4 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 27.2 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Deep Creek Lake · 25 mi
- Monroe Run Valley · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pigeonroost: 2.1 mi
- Snowy Point: 7.5 mi
- Difficult Hill: 8.9 mi
- Stack Rock: 9.9 mi
- Brown Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Nancy Hanks Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Bayard Park: 10.2 mi
- Day Park: 10.6 mi
- Allegheny Wildlife Management Area: 14.8 mi
- Echo Park: 15.2 mi
- Stony River Dam: 7.3 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 13.6 mi
- Piercie Paugh Homestead Site: 15.3 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 18.0 mi
- Cobbler Shop in 1859: 18.1 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 16.8 mi
- Elakala Falls: 17.8 mi
- Albert Falls: 18.3 mi
- Douglas Falls: 18.4 mi
- Tolliver Falls: 23.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 18.9 mi
- McCoole Fish Management Area: 20.3 mi
- Herrington Manor State Park: 22.3 mi
- Gary A Yoder Fish Management Area: 23.1 mi
- Kempton: 15.7 mi
- Frankville: 20.1 mi
- Stringtown: 21.2 mi
- Mill Run: 23.1 mi
- Smoke Hole: 24.5 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 15.0 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 15.6 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 17.3 mi
- eroded outcropping: 22.1 mi
- Garrett County Historical Museum: 18.2 mi
- Garrett County Museum of Transportation: 18.3 mi
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station: 18.3 mi
- Westernport Heritage Society Museum: 20.8 mi
- Baker Rocks: 18.3 mi
- Helmick Rock: 21.7 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 19.6 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Fore Knobs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weiss Knob | SW 221° | 1,359 m | 19.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | SW 223° | 1,332 m | 18.5 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | SW 221° | 1,331 m | 18.4 mi |
| Cabin | SW 222° | 1,304 m | 16.9 mi |
| Snowy Point | WSW 248° | 1,235 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bear Rocks | SSW 212° | 1,222 m | 10.7 mi |
| Blackbird Knob | SW 215° | 1,203 m | 14.5 mi |
| Cooper Knob | SW 236° | 1,201 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:15 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bayard, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524871
Day trips start here
- McHenry · 26 mi
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