Hawflat Knob
Hawflat Knob rises to 1,200 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Chenoweth Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716876, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,200 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 6.1 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 17.8 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 20.7 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Chenoweth Knob: 0.7 mi
- Pond Lick Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Kelley Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Spruce Knob: 3.5 mi
- Childers Knob: 4.6 mi
- Stuart Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Davis Street Park: 5.9 mi
- Beverly Historic District: 6.2 mi
- Elkins City Park: 6.3 mi
- Bear Heaven Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
- Pat Spring: 2.2 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 3.3 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 4.5 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 12.7 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 17.1 mi
- High Falls: 6.3 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 15.0 mi
- Small waterfall: 15.1 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 15.2 mi
- Elakala Falls: 22.1 mi
- Wilson Monument: 4.9 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 6.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 15.8 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 22.4 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 6.2 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 6.3 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 21.0 mi
- Sites Homestead: 21.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 21.4 mi
- Southern Pillar: 21.4 mi
- Lower Slabs: 21.4 mi
- Raven Rocks: 22.0 mi
- Gertrude: 13.4 mi
- Mill Run: 15.7 mi
- Stringtown: 17.9 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 6.5 mi
- Locust Springs: 20.2 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 16.9 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 20.0 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 21.3 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 22.7 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 6.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Hawflat Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | ENE 74° | 1,452 m | 17.2 mi |
| Green Knob | E 82° | 1,424 m | 17.3 mi |
| Pharis Knob | SE 139° | 1,410 m | 11.1 mi |
| Haystack Knob | E 80° | 1,376 m | 17.7 mi |
| Horse Rock | ESE 118° | 1,374 m | 16.0 mi |
| Job Knob | E 88° | 1,353 m | 13.0 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | SSW 194° | 1,351 m | 17.6 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | E 81° | 1,348 m | 13.3 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 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524923
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 27 mi
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