High Knob
High Knob rises to 976 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Creek Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 6.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
Wikidata Q31717123, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 976 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 14.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 12 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Kanawha Falls · 16 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Creek Knob: 1.4 mi
- Lick Knob: 1.8 mi
- Paint Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Hodge Knob: 3.1 mi
- Packs Knob: 4.4 mi
- Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Graney Memorial Park: 7.3 mi
- Collins Park: 8.4 mi
- Old Collins Middle: 8.6 mi
- Oak Hill City Park: 8.9 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Bridge Buttress: 15.8 mi
- Fern Point Area: 15.9 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 15.9 mi
- Endless Wall: 16.0 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 9.6 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 13.0 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 13.1 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 13.3 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 8.2 mi
- The Canopy: 10.3 mi
- Ship Rock: 13.0 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 15.9 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 16.4 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 10.8 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 11.0 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 11.0 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 24.2 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 17.4 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 24.3 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 24.3 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 25.0 mi
- Needleseye Park: 10.7 mi
- Grandview: 14.2 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Knob | SW 228° | 1,083 m | 14.0 mi |
| Walnut Knob | E 93° | 1,049 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 233° | 1,037 m | 14.8 mi |
| Pond Knob | WSW 252° | 1,011 m | 7.4 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,009 m | 6.6 mi |
| Kopperston Mountain | SW 234° | 993 m | 16.8 mi |
| Lick Knob | NNW 345° | 989 m | 1.8 mi |
| Goddard Knob | ESE 102° | 974 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Hill, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524940
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