Green Knob
Green Knob rises to 506 m in West Virginia. Pigeonroost stands 1,074 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31716675, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 506 m
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 28.7 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Monroe Run Valley · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Knob: 0.7 mi
- Taylor Knob: 1.3 mi
- Merritt Knob: 1.7 mi
- Thrasher Knob: 2.4 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Break Neck Over Look: 3.9 mi
- Peterkin Camp and Conference Center: 5.6 mi
- Hampshire Park: 5.7 mi
- South Branch Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 9.0 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 9.0 mi
- Piercie Paugh Homestead Site: 19.8 mi
- Masonry Overfall: 23.7 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 9.2 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 9.2 mi
- Davis History House: 9.2 mi
- Davis History House: 9.2 mi
- Literary Hall: 9.3 mi
- Big Spring: 15.3 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 16.4 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 18.2 mi
- Arie Vankan Spring: 18.6 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 18.8 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 9.1 mi
- McCoole Fish Management Area: 16.7 mi
- Gary A Yoder Fish Management Area: 17.4 mi
- Fort Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 20.3 mi
- Lost River State Park: 22.0 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 13.1 mi
- Hanging Rock: 15.3 mi
- Helmick Rock: 18.1 mi
- Baker Rocks: 20.0 mi
- Three High Heads: 22.9 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 10.5 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 13.1 mi
- eroded outcropping: 24.3 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 8.5 mi
- River Beach: 16.0 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 22.0 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 24.6 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 22.6 mi
- Frankville: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Green Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pigeonroost | W 261° | 1,074 m | 19.8 mi |
| Black Rock | WNW 299° | 963 m | 15.4 mi |
| Pinnacle | NW 311° | 950 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 147° | 874 m | 11.3 mi |
| Short Mountain | SSE 147° | 874 m | 11.3 mi |
| Halfmoon Mountain | SE 143° | 854 m | 20.2 mi |
| Nathaniel Mountain | ESE 116° | 839 m | 3.8 mi |
| Fore Knobs | W 264° | 834 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romney 1 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524905
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