Frye Knob
Frye Knob rises to 960 m in West Virginia. Panther Knob stands 1,371 m to the northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Eye Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31586938, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 960 m
How to reach it
- 16.1 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 16.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 24.4 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 27.6 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eye Hill: 2.3 mi
- Brushy Hill: 2.4 mi
- Brushy Hill: 2.7 mi
- High Knob: 3.2 mi
- Ale Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
- Highland Park: 10.5 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 10.6 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 11.2 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 11.2 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 5.0 mi
- Hiner Spring: 7.3 mi
- Maple Spring: 15.0 mi
- Locust Spring: 16.1 mi
- Phillips Spring: 16.3 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 5.0 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 10.1 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 10.4 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 11.3 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 18.1 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 8.5 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 10.0 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 10.1 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 21.1 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 21.9 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 7.7 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Locust Springs: 16.0 mi
- Highland County Museum: 9.8 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 10.5 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 22.9 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 23.3 mi
- Raven Rocks: 11.9 mi
- Byrd Point: 20.2 mi
- Trinity Point: 21.8 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 16.1 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 21.6 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 24.1 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 22.3 mi
- Small waterfall: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Frye Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Knob | NW 324° | 1,371 m | 9.1 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | NW 312° | 1,370 m | 10.0 mi |
| Reddish Knob | E 87° | 1,338 m | 8.4 mi |
| Barren Rock | WSW 245° | 1,335 m | 6.4 mi |
| Freezland Flat | SSE 155° | 1,325 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bother Knob | ENE 71° | 1,323 m | 10.6 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | ESE 120° | 1,320 m | 8.7 mi |
| Hardscrabble Knob | SSE 146° | 1,305 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:19 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1551192 — Frye Knob, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523638
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