Gunstock Knob
Gunstock Knob rises to 387 m in West Virginia. Bird Knob stands 555 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Frail Knob, a peak 2.9 miles away. Midland Trail passes 16 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Gunstock Knob is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 1,270 feet (390 m), Gunstock Knob is the 827th highest summit in the state of West Virginia. Gunstock Knob was named for the fact an early settler fashioned a gun stock from the wood of a tree taken from the summit.
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Wikidata Q31716739, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 387 m
How to reach it
- 15.6 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Taylor Public Hunting Area: 10.4 mi
- Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
- Knollwood Playground and Park: 12.7 mi
- Cato Park: 14.0 mi
- Bigley Avenue Little League Fields: 14.6 mi
- Frail Knob: 2.9 mi
- Campbell Hill: 6.1 mi
- Hammick Hill: 6.9 mi
- Crabapple Knob: 7.0 mi
- Huckleberry Knob: 8.4 mi
- Captain John Young: 7.3 mi
- Train tunnel: 13.2 mi
- Donnally Monuments: 15.0 mi
- The Block: 15.4 mi
- State Capitol: 15.4 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 15.8 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 15.8 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 15.9 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 16.1 mi
- Mary Ingles Trail: 19.7 mi
- Women's Soldier: 15.7 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Firefighter's Memorial: 15.7 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Police Officer's Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ”Stonewall” Jackson: 15.9 mi
- Burial Atendants: 16.3 mi
- Wedding Garden: 11.3 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 15.4 mi
- Governor's Garden: 15.8 mi
- Skyline Drive: 15.2 mi
- Indian Rock: 20.4 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 22.6 mi
- July: 7.1 mi
- Chestnut Point: 9.7 mi
- Grotto: 11.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gunstock Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Knob | SE 138° | 555 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | ESE 107° | 499 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Desert | SSE 159° | 491 m | 19.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | E 94° | 487 m | 19.9 mi |
| Independence Mountain | SE 133° | 487 m | 23.6 mi |
| Schoonover Knob | ESE 112° | 465 m | 21.0 mi |
| Beulah Knob | SE 131° | 463 m | 17.1 mi |
| Velvet Knob | ENE 78° | 460 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sissonville 1SW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356517312
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