Gregg Knob
Gregg Knob rises to 1,246 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Haines Knob, a peak 1.7 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716721, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,246 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 15.6 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 21.9 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 23.1 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Haines Knob: 1.7 mi
- Job Knob: 3.9 mi
- Brierpatch Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Brushheap Knob: 5.5 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Alpena Gap Recreation Site: 6.9 mi
- Bear Heaven Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 10.4 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.9 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 5.3 mi
- Small waterfall: 6.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 6.5 mi
- High Falls: 11.4 mi
- Elakala Falls: 19.0 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 7.0 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 7.0 mi
- Pat Spring: 7.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 10.9 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 13.7 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 7.1 mi
- Wilson Monument: 14.5 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 15.5 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 20.5 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 20.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 11.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 11.7 mi
- Lower Slabs: 11.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 15.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 21.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 11.4 mi
- Sites Homestead: 11.4 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 15.4 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 15.6 mi
- Stringtown: 11.9 mi
- Mill Run: 12.2 mi
- Gertrude: 16.1 mi
- Smoke Hole: 16.3 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 11.9 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 19.6 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 21.8 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 14.2 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 20.3 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 21.3 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 8.1 mi
- Locust Springs: 18.0 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 15.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Gregg Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | NE 49° | 1,452 m | 9.2 mi |
| Green Knob | ENE 62° | 1,424 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pharis Knob | SSW 198° | 1,410 m | 7.3 mi |
| Haystack Knob | ENE 61° | 1,376 m | 9.1 mi |
| Horse Rock | SE 143° | 1,374 m | 7.6 mi |
| Weiss Knob | NE 38° | 1,359 m | 13.5 mi |
| Job Knob | ENE 61° | 1,353 m | 3.9 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | NE 45° | 1,348 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 35 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glady 1 N, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1551303 — Gregg Knob, Randolph County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523711
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