Goddard Knob
Goddard Knob rises to 974 m in West Virginia. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheney Knob, a peak 1.9 miles away. Midland Trail passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31458395, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 974 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 10.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 21.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 11 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 21 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cheney Knob: 1.9 mi
- Backus Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Beelick Knob: 2.7 mi
- Walnut Knob: 3.3 mi
- Greenwood Mountain: 3.8 mi
- New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls: 6.9 mi
- McKendreee Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 7.7 mi
- New River Gorge National River: 8.3 mi
- Camp Washington Carver: 10.8 mi
- WP Point: 11.5 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 15.3 mi
- Endless Wall: 15.4 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 15.5 mi
- Fern Point Area: 15.6 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 9.1 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 9.7 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 10.3 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 11.4 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 12.8 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 12.9 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 12.9 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 15.6 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 15.6 mi
- The Canopy: 10.9 mi
- Ship Rock: 12.8 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 13.6 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 16.8 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 21.7 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 7.0 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 24.7 mi
- Grandview: 7.4 mi
- Needleseye Park: 13.4 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Brooks Falls: 9.9 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Goddard Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeney Knob | ESE 116° | 1,195 m | 13.4 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,169 m | 12.7 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SE 127° | 1,116 m | 12.2 mi |
| Boggs Knob | ENE 62° | 1,102 m | 9.1 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | SE 130° | 1,095 m | 11.8 mi |
| Elk Knob | SE 139° | 1,078 m | 12.2 mi |
| Myles Knob | NE 39° | 1,054 m | 10.4 mi |
| Little Sewell Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,051 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley Raleigh CO AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524896
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