Haystack Knob
Haystack Knob rises to 503 m in West Virginia. Turkeybone Mountain stands 1,132 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is High Knob, a peak 2.2 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q31716885, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 503 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 12.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 24.5 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- High Knob: 2.2 mi
- Bee Knob: 2.8 mi
- Moss Knob: 3.2 mi
- Sugar Knob: 3.2 mi
- Moon Hill: 3.4 mi
- Fort Pickens Monument: 3.7 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 5.7 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 6.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Gilmer County: 12.6 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 13.5 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 13.5 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 13.6 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 7.5 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 13.6 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 13.7 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 13.7 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 13.8 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 7.5 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 8.9 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 20.9 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 8.2 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 13.2 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 14.8 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 13.6 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 17.5 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 22.4 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 6.1 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 17.0 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 6.5 mi
- Hanging Rock: 10.6 mi
- Bulltown: 6.1 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 16.9 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Haystack Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkeybone Mountain | SE 133° | 1,132 m | 21.0 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | ESE 116° | 1,113 m | 21.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,083 m | 21.7 mi |
| Round Knob | SE 127° | 1,073 m | 21.8 mi |
| High Germany Knob | ESE 109° | 1,065 m | 20.3 mi |
| Pisgah Knob | SE 141° | 1,018 m | 20.3 mi |
| Long Run Hill | E 93° | 876 m | 22.0 mi |
| Kelly Knob | E 90° | 813 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Cave 2 NE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554667 — Haystack Knob, Lewis County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524927
Day trips start here
- Weston · 14 mi
- Buckhannon · 17 mi
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