Higgins Knob
Higgins Knob rises to 423 m in West Virginia. Devies Mountain stands 839 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Chisler Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Old Route 7 Byway passes 7.6 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717014, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 423 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 23.2 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
- 24.5 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Point Lookout · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New Hill Community Youth Park: 1.4 mi
- Mylan Park: 1.4 mi
- Edith Barrill Riverfront Park: 3.4 mi
- Westover Baseball Fields: 3.8 mi
- Krepps Park: 4.0 mi
- Chisler Knob: 1.3 mi
- Sutton Knob: 2.8 mi
- Grapevine Hill: 3.9 mi
- Price Hill: 4.7 mi
- Browns Hill: 5.8 mi
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
- Monongalia County War Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Border Heroine: 5.3 mi
- Asbury Church: 8.0 mi
- Farm House Ruins: 12.5 mi
- Watts Museum: 4.3 mi
- Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- Albert Gallatin House: 10.7 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 12.6 mi
- Telephone Museum: 12.6 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 3.6 mi
- Core Arboretum: 4.0 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Falling Run Greenspace: 5.8 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 7.6 mi
- From The Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Don Knotts: 5.5 mi
- Albert Gallatin Statue: 10.8 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 24.5 mi
- Sophia's Grave: 10.5 mi
- Climbing and Rappelling: 11.6 mi
- Climbing: 11.7 mi
- Riverside Spot: 12.0 mi
- The Cliff: 10.9 mi
- White Rocks: 21.9 mi
- Cabin Rocks: 23.6 mi
- Little Falls: 7.5 mi
- Matador Falls: 16.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Higgins Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devies Mountain | ENE 72° | 839 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Phoebe | SE 126° | 715 m | 19.4 mi |
| Reed Hill | E 100° | 675 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | SE 139° | 656 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pine Knob | NE 54° | 652 m | 24.0 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | SSE 155° | 579 m | 12.4 mi |
| Brethren Summit | ENE 67° | 568 m | 23.9 mi |
| Copeland Knob | S 191° | 541 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:17 | 17:00 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morgantown L&D, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1540241 — Higgins Knob, Monongalia County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356517577
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