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Four Ridge Knob

Four Ridge Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Four Ridge Knob rises to 340 m in West Virginia. Ruble Knob stands 406 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Monroe Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 18 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31585242, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
340 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.75870, -81.50596

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 26
  • Frozencamp Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
  • Ben's Run Recreational Area: 8.3 mi
  • Washington Park: 8.5 mi
  • Charles Fork Lake Recreational Area: 8.8 mi
  • Goff Hill Civil War Park: 9.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 2
  • Washington's Western Lands Museum: 18.7 mi
  • Beauchamp-Newman House: 22.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Captain John Young: 21.1 mi
  • Elizabeth: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Four Ridge Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ruble KnobNNE 32°406 m20.8 mi
Desert KnobE 93°400 m18.3 mi
Campbell HillSSE 155°397 m15.1 mi
Starcher RocksSE 140°397 m15.9 mi
Crabapple KnobSSE 160°394 m19.1 mi
Jackson RocksSE 135°393 m15.1 mi
Rattlesnake KnobENE 59°393 m19.6 mi
Gunstock KnobS 179°387 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0319:38
June solstice06:0220:1520:55
September equinox07:1418:5019:25
December solstice07:4116:2617:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526169737165544335
Precip in3.43.24.33.75.04.95.33.73.93.33.13.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1539175 — Four Ridge Knob, Roane County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356517003

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