Harper Knob
Harper Knob rises to 913 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Imboden Knob, a peak 2.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 1.8 miles off.
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
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 13 mi
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 19.4 miles of Harper Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | ESE 109° | 1,482 m | 18.6 mi |
| 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 |
| 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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