Handkerchief Knob
Handkerchief Knob rises to 533 m in West Virginia. Mast Knob stands 1,221 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Knob, a peak 1.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31716795, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 533 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 13.4 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 20.9 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 29.0 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
Named places within 25 miles
- Wilson Knob: 1.8 mi
- Big Knob: 1.8 mi
- Bee Knob: 2.0 mi
- Moss Knob: 3.1 mi
- Beverage Knob: 3.9 mi
- Fort Pickens Monument: 5.7 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
- Boat Dock: 8.0 mi
- Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 11.7 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 11.7 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 11.8 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 6.1 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 11.9 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 11.9 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 11.9 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 11.9 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 5.5 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 6.9 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 24.1 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 9.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 12.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 23.7 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 11.8 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 13.9 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 15.5 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 11.8 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 16.1 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 18.5 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 10.1 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 20.9 mi
- Bulltown: 10.1 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 12.8 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Handkerchief Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mast Knob | SE 142° | 1,221 m | 22.2 mi |
| Buck Knob | SE 133° | 1,173 m | 22.9 mi |
| Back Fork Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,138 m | 22.4 mi |
| Turkeybone Mountain | SE 144° | 1,132 m | 20.4 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | SE 126° | 1,113 m | 19.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SE 133° | 1,083 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bee Knob | SSE 149° | 1,082 m | 20.5 mi |
| Round Knob | SE 138° | 1,073 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Cave 2 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524910
Day trips start here
- Weston · 12 mi
- Buckhannon · 13 mi
- Clarksburg · 28 mi
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