Haystack Knob
Haystack Knob rises to 662 m in West Virginia. Mast Knob stands 1,221 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cleveland Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31716901, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 662 m
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 18.5 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 20.9 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 26.5 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 29 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cleveland Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Prit Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Cochran Knob: 5.2 mi
- Holly: 5.7 mi
- Beverage Knob: 6.0 mi
- Fort Pickens Monument: 6.2 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 11.3 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 11.8 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 13.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Upshur War Monument: 19.0 mi
- Gilmer County: 21.2 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 21.6 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 21.6 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 4.4 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 21.7 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 21.8 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 21.8 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 21.8 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 4.1 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 5.7 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 16.5 mi
- Hanging Rock: 5.4 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 6.3 mi
- Raven Rocks: 16.2 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 8.6 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 21.7 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 24.6 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 8.6 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 16.5 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 12.0 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 18.5 mi
- Bulltown: 11.9 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Haystack Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mast Knob | SE 128° | 1,221 m | 13.4 mi |
| Whitman Knob | ESE 120° | 1,193 m | 14.9 mi |
| Buck Knob | ESE 115° | 1,173 m | 15.0 mi |
| Back Fork Mountain | SE 137° | 1,138 m | 13.0 mi |
| Turkeybone Mountain | SE 128° | 1,132 m | 11.4 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | E 100° | 1,113 m | 13.1 mi |
| Cherry Knob | ESE 104° | 1,106 m | 17.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,083 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hacker Valley, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524925
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 19 mi
- Weston · 22 mi
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