Harvey Knob
Harvey Knob rises to 577 m in West Virginia. Buck Knob stands 1,056 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandstonia, a cliff 0.7 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716871, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 577 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 1.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 2 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 2 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Concho Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gauley Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Cotton Hill: 4.7 mi
- Bearwallow Knob: 5.4 mi
- Big Rock: 5.5 mi
- Ford Knob: 6.8 mi
- Hawks Nest State Park: 1.8 mi
- Ansted Town Park: 2.2 mi
- Janutola Park: 3.5 mi
- Fayetteville Town Park: 3.7 mi
- B. Rhinehart Park: 6.8 mi
- Sandstonia: 0.7 mi
- Kingfish: 0.8 mi
- Ameless Wall: 0.9 mi
- Little Head Wall: 1.0 mi
- Headless Wall: 1.1 mi
- Kay Moor: 4.5 mi
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District: 4.9 mi
- Nuttallburg: 5.0 mi
- Thurmond: 10.3 mi
- Greenwood: 17.0 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 10.3 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 10.5 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 12.1 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 13.5 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 2.8 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 2.8 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 7.0 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 11.8 mi
- The Canopy: 13.1 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 5.7 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Needleseye Park: 9.1 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 15.9 mi
- Grandview: 18.6 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 23.2 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 23.2 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 23.3 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Harvey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Knob | E 100° | 1,056 m | 19.8 mi |
| Myles Knob | ESE 121° | 1,054 m | 18.1 mi |
| Walnut Knob | SSE 150° | 1,049 m | 16.3 mi |
| Beargarden Knob | ESE 106° | 1,008 m | 18.2 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SE 131° | 1,008 m | 20.4 mi |
| Sims Mountain | SE 125° | 999 m | 20.7 mi |
| Buster Knob | SE 126° | 997 m | 17.7 mi |
| Beelick Knob | SE 145° | 991 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anstead Hawks Nest SP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554660 — Harvey Knob, Fayette County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524921
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