Harman Knob
Harman Knob rises to 865 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the southwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Germany Knob, a peak 1.6 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716839, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 865 m
How to reach it
- 24.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 26.2 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 26.2 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 28.5 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Germany Knob: 1.6 mi
- Harper Knob: 2.0 mi
- Ketterman Knob: 2.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 3.3 mi
- High Knob: 3.9 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Ruddle Park: 6.6 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 7.9 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 10.9 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 10.8 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 16.0 mi
- Hall Spring: 17.4 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 17.8 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 17.9 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 5.6 mi
- Small waterfall: 6.5 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 6.6 mi
- High Falls: 20.9 mi
- Elakala Falls: 22.5 mi
- Southern Pillar: 3.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 3.1 mi
- Lower Slabs: 3.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 5.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 13.0 mi
- Smoke Hole: 7.3 mi
- Stringtown: 14.3 mi
- Mill Run: 17.5 mi
- Gertrude: 23.0 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 2.0 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 23.1 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 6.1 mi
- Stony River Dam: 24.3 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 24.4 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 18.3 mi
- Locust Springs: 19.8 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 3.0 mi
- Sites Homestead: 3.1 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 15.9 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Harman Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | SW 230° | 1,482 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Porte Crayon | NNW 340° | 1,452 m | 10.1 mi |
| Green Knob | NNW 338° | 1,424 m | 7.9 mi |
| Haystack Knob | NNW 342° | 1,376 m | 8.1 mi |
| Horse Rock | WSW 245° | 1,374 m | 6.5 mi |
| Job Knob | NW 306° | 1,353 m | 8.8 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | NW 315° | 1,348 m | 9.8 mi |
| Pike Knob | SSW 196° | 1,308 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1551362 — Harman Knob, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523745
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