Garnes Knob
Garnes Knob rises to 365 m in West Virginia. Holmes Knob stands 403 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Divide Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31589063, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 365 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 23.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 28.5 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 28.4 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Lakes Conference Center: 8.6 mi
- Parsons Corner: 10.3 mi
- Evans Dale Farm Community REecration area: 11.6 mi
- Amherst/Plymouth Wildlife Management Area: 12.0 mi
- Frozencamp Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- Divide Hill: 1.0 mi
- Crane Knob: 3.2 mi
- Hall Knob: 4.0 mi
- Fisher Knob: 5.4 mi
- Reynolds Hill: 7.5 mi
- Captain John Young: 20.1 mi
- Shoney's Big Boy Museum: 21.1 mi
- State Capitol: 22.3 mi
- World War 2: 22.3 mi
- The Roll of Honor: 22.3 mi
- Mary Ingles Trail: 14.2 mi
- Washington's Western Lands Museum: 19.3 mi
- Nitro Wars Museum: 19.3 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 22.6 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 23.3 mi
- Burial Atendants: 20.9 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Police Officer's Memorial: 23.3 mi
- Women's Soldier: 23.3 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Firefighter's Memorial: 23.3 mi
- Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ”Stonewall” Jackson: 23.5 mi
- Wedding Garden: 19.7 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 22.9 mi
- Governor's Garden: 23.4 mi
- Old Town Creek Access: 20.7 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 22.4 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 24.7 mi
- July: 8.0 mi
- Huntsville: 14.0 mi
- Indian Rock: 20.0 mi
- Skyline Drive: 24.1 mi
- Chestnut Point: 13.9 mi
- Grotto: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Garnes Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Knob | SSE 164° | 403 m | 17.5 mi |
| Campbell Hill | ESE 116° | 397 m | 17.5 mi |
| Starcher Rocks | ESE 108° | 397 m | 20.6 mi |
| Crabapple Knob | SE 127° | 394 m | 19.9 mi |
| Jackson Rocks | ESE 103° | 393 m | 20.6 mi |
| Gunstock Knob | SE 131° | 387 m | 13.0 mi |
| King Rocks | E 86° | 382 m | 24.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 165° | 381 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:16 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
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 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ripley, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1539341 — Garnes Knob, Jackson County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356517084
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