Fort Knob
Fort Knob rises to 481 m in West Virginia. Reed Hill stands 675 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Devines Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Old Route 7 Byway passes 18 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31584589, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 481 m
How to reach it
- 17.9 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 29.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mason-Dixon Historical Park: 7.7 mi
- Grant Town Park: 9.1 mi
- New Hill Community Youth Park: 9.4 mi
- Baxter Volunteer Fire Park: 10.6 mi
- Farmington Park: 11.0 mi
- Devines Knob: 0.7 mi
- Catherines Knob: 3.1 mi
- McFeeters Knob: 3.2 mi
- Efaw Knob: 3.3 mi
- Lantz Hill: 4.1 mi
- West Augusta Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 14.0 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 14.3 mi
- Telephone Museum: 14.3 mi
- Watts Museum: 14.8 mi
- Border Heroine: 7.4 mi
- Asbury Church: 10.4 mi
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Park: 13.8 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 15.1 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 15.4 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 11.1 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- Core Arboretum: 14.5 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Falling Run Greenspace: 16.3 mi
- Sophia's Grave: 18.2 mi
- Climbing and Rappelling: 22.1 mi
- Climbing: 22.2 mi
- Climbing: 22.5 mi
- Riverside Spot: 22.5 mi
- From The Mountain: 15.2 mi
- Don Knotts: 15.9 mi
- Albert Gallatin Statue: 18.3 mi
- The Cliff: 3.1 mi
- Little Falls: 15.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Hill | E 99° | 675 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 121° | 656 m | 21.7 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | SE 129° | 579 m | 20.2 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | SE 138° | 544 m | 19.3 mi |
| Catherines Knob | SSE 160° | 522 m | 3.1 mi |
| Bake Oven Knob | SW 226° | 505 m | 6.0 mi |
| Honsocker Knob | WNW 282° | 493 m | 8.6 mi |
| Devines Knob | S 178° | 488 m | 0.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:12 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:18 | 17:01 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burton, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554496 — Fort Knob, Monongalia County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524881
Day trips start here
- Fairmont · 14 mi
- Morgantown · 16 mi
- Shinnston · 20 mi
- Bridgeport · 26 mi
- Grafton · 26 mi
- Clarksburg · 28 mi
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