Hector Knob
Hector Knob rises to 779 m in West Virginia. Buckhorn Knob stands 1,239 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Brush Creek Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31716941, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 779 m
How to reach it
- 14.5 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 15.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 18.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 25.3 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Christian Knob: 2.6 mi
- Panther Knob: 3.5 mi
- Bent Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Pipestem Knob: 5.5 mi
- Cashs Hill: 8.8 mi
- Gardner Center Park: 3.2 mi
- Athens City Park: 3.6 mi
- Clay Memorial Park and Cemetery: 6.6 mi
- Princeton City Park: 6.7 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 6.8 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 6.8 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 6.8 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 7.4 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 16.9 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 17.0 mi
- Lilly: 9.2 mi
- Warford: 9.5 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 9.5 mi
- Junta: 12.2 mi
- Pickshin: 15.6 mi
- Stone Arch: 8.0 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 9.4 mi
- World War II Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.0 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 22.0 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 6.7 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 16.7 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 20.9 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 21.6 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 21.8 mi
- City Garden: 7.9 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 19.0 mi
- Brooks Falls: 19.5 mi
- High Point: 21.2 mi
- Ship Rock: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Hector Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn Knob | SSE 162° | 1,239 m | 12.5 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | SE 144° | 1,238 m | 18.4 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | SSE 147° | 1,179 m | 18.4 mi |
| Jesses Knob | SSE 161° | 1,164 m | 11.9 mi |
| Pearis Mountain | SE 124° | 1,148 m | 19.2 mi |
| Angels Rest | ESE 123° | 1,105 m | 18.9 mi |
| Huff Knob | NNW 338° | 1,088 m | 9.3 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,078 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
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 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1540119 — Hector Knob, Mercer County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356517498
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