Grassy Knob
Grassy Knob rises to 1,189 m in West Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,476 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Old House Run Recreation Area, a park 1.9 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31716647, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1189 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 2.0 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 8.0 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 11.7 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 10 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bearcamp Knob: 2.8 mi
- Frank Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Rough Knob: 2.8 mi
- Fork Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Smoke Camp Knob: 3.1 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 4.1 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Widney Park: 6.7 mi
- Highland Park: 9.3 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 4.6 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Powerhouse: 13.8 mi
- Boiler House: 13.8 mi
- Cass: 14.3 mi
- Locust Spring: 6.0 mi
- Cool Spring: 9.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 15.0 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 20.2 mi
- Bolar Spring: 20.3 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 6.8 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 7.0 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 9.1 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 13.2 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 24.1 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 14.0 mi
- High Falls: 18.7 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 20.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 20.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 24.1 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 8.6 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 9.1 mi
- Highland County Museum: 16.3 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 24.9 mi
- Locust Springs: 6.0 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 15.6 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 22.8 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 11.2 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 18.6 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 23.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 22.1 mi
- Byrd Point: 22.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 22.7 mi
- Gertrude: 12.1 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Grassy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | WSW 252° | 1,476 m | 13.4 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | W 267° | 1,433 m | 14.8 mi |
| Snyder Knob | W 278° | 1,432 m | 14.6 mi |
| Elleber Knob | SSW 193° | 1,401 m | 6.3 mi |
| Watering Pond Knob | S 186° | 1,396 m | 5.2 mi |
| Kile Knob | ENE 57° | 1,395 m | 13.7 mi |
| Ward Knob | W 272° | 1,385 m | 14.5 mi |
| Panther Knob | ENE 71° | 1,371 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554596 — Grassy Knob, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524899
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