Haines Knob
Haines Knob rises to 1,299 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregg Knob, a peak 1.7 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716763, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,299 m
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 16.0 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 23.3 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 24.8 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Gregg Knob: 1.7 mi
- Job Knob: 3.0 mi
- Brierpatch Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Brushheap Knob: 3.8 mi
- Hertig Knob: 4.9 mi
- Alpena Gap Recreation Site: 6.1 mi
- Bear Heaven Recreation Area: 7.1 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 9.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 5.7 mi
- Small waterfall: 7.5 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 7.7 mi
- High Falls: 12.5 mi
- Elakala Falls: 17.3 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 6.6 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 7.0 mi
- Pat Spring: 7.9 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 12.0 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 12.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 8.2 mi
- Wilson Monument: 14.7 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 15.4 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 18.8 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 22.4 mi
- Stringtown: 10.2 mi
- Mill Run: 10.5 mi
- Smoke Hole: 15.8 mi
- Gertrude: 17.6 mi
- Kempton: 24.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 11.5 mi
- Southern Pillar: 11.5 mi
- Lower Slabs: 11.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 15.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 22.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 11.1 mi
- Sites Homestead: 11.2 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 15.3 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 16.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 12.3 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 17.9 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 22.3 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 12.6 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 19.7 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 21.9 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 7.2 mi
- Locust Springs: 19.7 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 15.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Haines Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | NE 56° | 1,452 m | 7.9 mi |
| Green Knob | ENE 72° | 1,424 m | 7.5 mi |
| Pharis Knob | SSW 198° | 1,410 m | 9.0 mi |
| Haystack Knob | ENE 70° | 1,376 m | 8.0 mi |
| Horse Rock | SSE 152° | 1,374 m | 8.8 mi |
| Weiss Knob | NE 42° | 1,359 m | 11.9 mi |
| Job Knob | E 86° | 1,353 m | 3.0 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,348 m | 3.6 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523716
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