Harper Knob
Harper Knob rises to 913 m in West Virginia. Snyder Knob stands 1,432 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Imboden Knob, a peak 2.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 1.8 miles off. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716852, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 913 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 3.7 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 11.7 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 15.3 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
131 named places within 25 miles
- Imboden Knob: 2.2 mi
- Childers Knob: 2.8 mi
- Nettle Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Hawflat Knob: 7.1 mi
- Little Beech Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Beverly Historic District: 3.6 mi
- Valley Bend Wetland Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Mill Creek City Park: 7.0 mi
- George Ward Elementary School Park: 7.4 mi
- Huttonsville Park: 8.4 mi
- Pat Spring: 9.1 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 10.2 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 11.6 mi
- Cool Spring: 14.5 mi
- Locust Spring: 18.2 mi
- Wilson Monument: 6.5 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 9.3 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 18.0 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 19.4 mi
- High Falls: 4.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 18.9 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 18.9 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 19.9 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 21.0 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 3.6 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 9.2 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 25.0 mi
- Gertrude: 9.2 mi
- Mill Run: 22.8 mi
- Stringtown: 24.8 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 9.6 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 24.5 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 11.5 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 24.8 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 13.6 mi
- Locust Springs: 18.3 mi
- Raven Rocks: 14.9 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Harper Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snyder Knob | SSW 198° | 1,432 m | 18.4 mi |
| Pharis Knob | ESE 105° | 1,410 m | 12.9 mi |
| Crouch Knob | SSW 200° | 1,374 m | 16.1 mi |
| Horse Rock | E 97° | 1,374 m | 19.4 mi |
| Job Knob | ENE 73° | 1,353 m | 18.9 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | S 176° | 1,351 m | 12.1 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,348 m | 19.5 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | ESE 120° | 1,339 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins- Randolph CO AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1551368 — Harper Knob, Randolph County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523750
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 25 mi
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