Harper Knob
Harper Knob rises to 855 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Southern Pillar, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716863, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 855 m
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 26.9 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 28.0 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Seneca Rocks: 1.3 mi
- Harman Knob: 2.0 mi
- High Knob: 2.2 mi
- Germany Knob: 3.6 mi
- Ketterman Knob: 3.8 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
- Ruddle Park: 7.3 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 11.5 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 12.6 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 14.5 mi
- Hall Spring: 17.7 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 18.0 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 18.3 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 6.2 mi
- Small waterfall: 7.9 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 8.0 mi
- Elakala Falls: 21.1 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 21.2 mi
- Southern Pillar: 1.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 1.1 mi
- Lower Slabs: 1.3 mi
- Eagle Rock: 4.5 mi
- Raven Rocks: 14.5 mi
- Smoke Hole: 5.6 mi
- Stringtown: 12.9 mi
- Mill Run: 16.4 mi
- Gertrude: 24.4 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 3.9 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 11.9 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 21.6 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 7.6 mi
- Stony River Dam: 22.4 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 23.0 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 18.2 mi
- Locust Springs: 21.6 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 23.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 1.1 mi
- Sites Homestead: 1.2 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 14.3 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Harper Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | SW 226° | 1,482 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Porte Crayon | NNW 330° | 1,452 m | 8.8 mi |
| Green Knob | NW 326° | 1,424 m | 6.7 mi |
| Haystack Knob | NNW 330° | 1,376 m | 6.9 mi |
| Horse Rock | WSW 236° | 1,374 m | 8.1 mi |
| Job Knob | WNW 294° | 1,353 m | 8.7 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,348 m | 9.3 mi |
| Pike Knob | SSW 198° | 1,308 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524920
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