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Fouts Knob

Fouts Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Fouts Knob rises to 640 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Stranderman Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31585410, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
640 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.96761, -78.81891

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 38
Springs: 14
Museums: 11
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Cootie Bug: 19.3 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 19.3 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 24.6 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Fouts Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainE 86°1,006 m10.1 mi
Devils BenchmarkESE 119°995 m5.4 mi
Sugar KnobE 87°976 m11.2 mi
Long MountainE 100°951 m5.9 mi
Little Sluice MountainE 91°951 m11.7 mi
Snyder KnobSE 137°936 m3.7 mi
Cove MountainS 184°898 m5.6 mi
Tibbet KnobESE 121°894 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:27
June solstice05:5120:0520:45
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:3116:1516:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239515967716963524234

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost RVR, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356523626

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