Gabel Knob
Gabel Knob rises to 468 m in West Virginia. Hodam Mountain stands 808 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Knob, a peak 3.0 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31587589, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 468 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 15.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knob: 3.0 mi
- Hog Knob: 3.6 mi
- Cedar Knob: 3.7 mi
- Kings Knob: 4.2 mi
- Fisher Knob: 5.3 mi
- Riffle Run Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Burnsville City Park: 4.5 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 5.2 mi
- Gilmer County: 6.3 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 8.8 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 13.5 mi
- Presidents Wall: 13.7 mi
- Smith-Bush Farm: 15.5 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 16.7 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 19.6 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 19.7 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 19.7 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 19.9 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 3.8 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 18.4 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 19.7 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 12.6 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 13.7 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 19.1 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 4.9 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 9.8 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 10.5 mi
- Hanging Rock: 14.0 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Bulltown: 4.9 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 13.6 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Gabel Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodam Mountain | SE 134° | 808 m | 20.0 mi |
| Cool Spring Knob | SE 144° | 805 m | 20.9 mi |
| Big Run Knob | E 90° | 732 m | 21.5 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SSE 149° | 731 m | 19.3 mi |
| Big Mountain | SSE 149° | 710 m | 15.5 mi |
| Pilot Knob | S 175° | 693 m | 18.3 mi |
| Cleveland Mountain | ESE 102° | 647 m | 16.3 mi |
| Prit Mountain | E 92° | 602 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:23 | 17:05 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton Lake, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524886
Day trips start here
- Weston · 20 mi
- Buckhannon · 27 mi
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