Harper Knob
Harper Knob rises to 1,269 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the east-southeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Yokum Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q31716857, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,269 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 13.8 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 14.6 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 15.4 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Yokum Knob: 1.2 mi
- Pharis Knob: 1.3 mi
- Cunningham Knob: 2.7 mi
- Little Beech Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Bayard Knob: 4.9 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Alpena Gap Recreation Site: 12.3 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 12.9 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 13.0 mi
- Bear Heaven Recreation Area: 13.1 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 7.2 mi
- Pat Spring: 9.8 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 9.9 mi
- Locust Spring: 10.7 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 11.0 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 13.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 16.3 mi
- Sites Homestead: 16.4 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 16.5 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 23.0 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 14.3 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 19.7 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 20.8 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 22.9 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 23.0 mi
- High Falls: 7.1 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 8.0 mi
- Small waterfall: 8.0 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 10.2 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 23.5 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 8.4 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Wilson Monument: 14.5 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 15.5 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 16.6 mi
- Southern Pillar: 16.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 16.6 mi
- Lower Slabs: 16.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 20.3 mi
- Raven Rocks: 20.4 mi
- Gertrude: 8.8 mi
- Stringtown: 19.6 mi
- Mill Run: 19.7 mi
- Smoke Hole: 21.4 mi
- Locust Springs: 10.8 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 13.2 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 13.0 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 22.0 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 16.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Harper Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | ESE 114° | 1,482 m | 7.0 mi |
| Pharis Knob | E 90° | 1,410 m | 1.3 mi |
| Kile Knob | SE 133° | 1,395 m | 12.6 mi |
| Horse Rock | E 84° | 1,374 m | 8.2 mi |
| Panther Knob | SE 145° | 1,371 m | 14.9 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,370 m | 14.4 mi |
| Job Knob | NE 38° | 1,353 m | 11.2 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | SW 230° | 1,351 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554654 — Harper Knob, Randolph County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524918
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