Germany Knob
Germany Knob rises to 838 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Seneca Caverns, a attraction 1.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31590462, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 838 m
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 24.6 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 25.6 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 27.2 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ketterman Knob: 1.4 mi
- Harman Knob: 1.6 mi
- Mallow Knob: 2.6 mi
- Harper Knob: 3.6 mi
- Bland Hills: 4.1 mi
- Ruddle Park: 6.6 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 10.0 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 11.9 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 9.2 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 17.1 mi
- Hall Spring: 17.5 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 17.7 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 17.7 mi
- Small waterfall: 5.5 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 5.5 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 5.5 mi
- High Falls: 20.0 mi
- Elakala Falls: 23.6 mi
- Southern Pillar: 4.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 4.7 mi
- Lower Slabs: 4.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 7.2 mi
- Raven Rocks: 12.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 1.2 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 23.6 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 24.2 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 24.4 mi
- Smoke Hole: 8.8 mi
- Stringtown: 15.4 mi
- Mill Run: 18.3 mi
- Gertrude: 21.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 4.6 mi
- Sites Homestead: 4.7 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 17.1 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 21.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 18.2 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 18.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 5.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Germany Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | SW 233° | 1,482 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Porte Crayon | NNW 346° | 1,452 m | 11.1 mi |
| Green Knob | NNW 347° | 1,424 m | 8.9 mi |
| Haystack Knob | N 349° | 1,376 m | 9.3 mi |
| Horse Rock | WSW 255° | 1,374 m | 5.2 mi |
| Job Knob | NW 317° | 1,353 m | 9.1 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | NW 324° | 1,348 m | 10.2 mi |
| Pike Knob | SSW 193° | 1,308 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523650
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