Hertig Knob
Hertig Knob rises to 899 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the east, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Alpena Gap Recreation Site, a park 1.4 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31716976, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 899 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 13.6 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 24.1 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 25.9 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Knob: 1.9 mi
- Hog Knob: 3.5 mi
- Stuart Knob: 4.0 mi
- Brushheap Knob: 4.5 mi
- Spruce Knob: 4.6 mi
- Alpena Gap Recreation Site: 1.4 mi
- Bear Heaven Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
- Stuart Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 10.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 12.3 mi
- High Falls: 12.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 12.5 mi
- Elakala Falls: 15.2 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 3.1 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 4.4 mi
- Pat Spring: 5.5 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 10.2 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 11.6 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 11.4 mi
- Wilson Monument: 11.5 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 13.0 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 16.3 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 23.5 mi
- Mill Run: 8.5 mi
- Stringtown: 10.3 mi
- Gertrude: 18.8 mi
- Smoke Hole: 19.6 mi
- Kempton: 21.7 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 11.3 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 13.7 mi
- Sites Homestead: 15.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 15.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 15.7 mi
- Lower Slabs: 15.8 mi
- Southern Pillar: 15.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 19.8 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 12.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 19.8 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 22.9 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 2.4 mi
- Locust Springs: 22.9 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 15.9 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 17.2 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 11.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Hertig Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | E 85° | 1,452 m | 9.9 mi |
| Green Knob | E 96° | 1,424 m | 10.6 mi |
| Pharis Knob | S 177° | 1,410 m | 12.1 mi |
| Haystack Knob | E 94° | 1,376 m | 10.9 mi |
| Horse Rock | SSE 146° | 1,374 m | 13.5 mi |
| Weiss Knob | ENE 65° | 1,359 m | 12.5 mi |
| Job Knob | ESE 118° | 1,353 m | 7.2 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,348 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524932
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