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Hensley Knob

Hensley Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Hensley Knob rises to 727 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Creek Public Fishing Area, a park 5.7 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 8.1 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31716959, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
727 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.49511, -81.73706

Overlooks nearby

74 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 36
Parks: 27
Historic sites: 7
  • Space Shuttle Memorial: 8.4 mi
  • Bartley Mine Disaster: 10.6 mi
  • Kimball World War I Memorial: 13.5 mi
  • Wyoming County Veterns Memorial: 14.8 mi
  • John Cooke Marker: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 7.3 mi
  • Big Branch Day Use Area: 7.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hensley Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy KnobNNE 34°1,083 m24.3 mi
Pilot KnobNNE 30°1,037 m23.8 mi
Kopperston MountainNNE 28°993 m22.2 mi
Burning RockN 9°912 m13.9 mi
Johns KnobESE 110°907 m21.7 mi
Sugar Cove MountainSSW 198°885 m20.1 mi
Stone StepsS 174°868 m19.1 mi
Panther KnobNNE 22°866 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:0720:1320:52
September equinox07:1518:5119:26
December solstice07:3916:3217:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333644556371747367554437
Precip in3.83.44.34.44.94.95.34.23.03.03.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RD Bailey Lake, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356517516

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