Grassy Knob
Grassy Knob rises to 1,189 m in West Virginia. Beech Flat Knob stands 1,433 m to the west, 15 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. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716647, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,189 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
- Little Laurel Overlook · 28 mi
121 named places within 25 miles
- Bearcamp Knob: 2.8 mi
- Frank Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Rough Knob: 2.8 mi
- Smoke Camp Knob: 3.1 mi
- Fork Mountain: 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
- Gertrude: 12.1 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grassy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Snowy Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,370 m | 9.3 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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