High Knob
High Knob rises to 524 m in West Virginia. Pisgah Knob stands 1,018 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hog Knob, a peak 4.0 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1554703).
Wikidata Q31715385, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 524 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 22.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hog Knob: 4.0 mi
- Kings Knob: 4.5 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 4.8 mi
- Cedar Knob: 4.8 mi
- Fisher Knob: 5.1 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 4.3 mi
- Holly Gray Park: 4.9 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 6.0 mi
- Bee Run Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Gilmer County: 13.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 16.4 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 20.6 mi
- Presidents Wall: 21.3 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 13.8 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 23.6 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 23.7 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 23.7 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 23.8 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 10.0 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 12.2 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 13.1 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 17.3 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 17.5 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 19.8 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 5.8 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 6.9 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 6.1 mi
- Hanging Rock: 7.5 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 20.1 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 23.6 mi
- Bulltown: 5.7 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pisgah Knob | ESE 109° | 1,018 m | 19.1 mi |
| Payne Knob | SSE 153° | 945 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bill Knob | SE 138° | 935 m | 20.0 mi |
| Buffalo Bull Knob | SE 143° | 853 m | 16.5 mi |
| Miller Knob | SSE 147° | 850 m | 16.5 mi |
| Spillman Mountain | SSE 148° | 833 m | 17.0 mi |
| Hodam Mountain | SE 129° | 808 m | 12.5 mi |
| Cool Spring Knob | SE 145° | 805 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:23 | 17:05 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton Lake, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524945
Day trips start here
- Weston · 24 mi
- Buckhannon · 27 mi
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