Fowler Knob
Fowler Knob rises to 686 m in West Virginia. Job Knob stands 1,324 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Summersville Lake Lighthouse, a lighthouse 1.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31585440, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 686 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 10.1 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 16.9 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Long Point Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 16 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 16 mi
- Concho Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fury Knob: 5.6 mi
- Daubenspeck Knob: 6.1 mi
- Lonetree Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Potato Hole Knob: 6.5 mi
- Short Back Hill: 6.7 mi
- Summersville Lake Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park: 5.1 mi
- Summersville Park: 5.7 mi
- Gauley River National Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
- Nicholas County Veterans Memorial Park: 8.4 mi
- Whipporwill: 2.6 mi
- Long Wall: 3.2 mi
- The Coliseum: 3.2 mi
- Satisfaction Wall: 3.2 mi
- D.C. Memorial Boulder: 3.2 mi
- McClung: 12.6 mi
- Bryant: 13.0 mi
- Walker Hill: 13.1 mi
- Fairview: 14.6 mi
- Nuttallburg: 14.7 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 3.4 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 15.3 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 16.9 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 17.0 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 20.2 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 19.5 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 20.0 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 21.5 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 21.8 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 17.3 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 18.4 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 3.4 mi
- Needleseye Park: 21.1 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 1.2 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Fowler Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Knob | ESE 116° | 1,324 m | 18.2 mi |
| Little Beech Knob | ESE 112° | 1,255 m | 14.5 mi |
| Manning Knob | ESE 101° | 1,210 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bush Place Knob | ESE 122° | 1,208 m | 13.6 mi |
| Joe Knob | SE 130° | 1,192 m | 18.8 mi |
| Pollock Knob | SE 133° | 1,187 m | 14.9 mi |
| Sugar Knob | E 89° | 1,165 m | 19.2 mi |
| Rich Knob | SE 143° | 1,160 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 39 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Nebo 1 S, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1539197 — Fowler Knob, Nicholas County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356517007
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