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High Knob

High Knob, a peak in West Virginia
High Knob, a peak in West VirginiaValerius Tygart · CC BY-SA 4.0

High Knob rises to 844 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bulls Head, a peak 2.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4808769

Wikidata Q31717105, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
844 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.87900, -79.23643

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 28
Cliffs: 8
  • Eagle Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 7.6 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 7.7 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 7.7 mi
  • Southern Pillar: 7.8 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bubbling Springs: 15.6 mi
  • Hall Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Sand Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Spruce Mountain Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Shenandoah Alum Springs: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Porte CrayonWNW 286°1,452 m12.3 mi
Green KnobW 277°1,424 m11.3 mi
Haystack KnobW 279°1,376 m11.0 mi
Kisamore HillWSW 252°1,289 m12.7 mi
Blackbird KnobNNW 331°1,203 m12.3 mi
Breathed MountainNW 319°1,173 m10.5 mi
High KnobWSW 237°1,151 m6.4 mi
Coal KnobNW 314°1,148 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:29
June solstice05:5320:0620:46
September equinox07:0518:4119:16
December solstice07:3316:1716:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644546372767467554537
Precip in2.62.63.53.54.54.14.53.63.42.72.52.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356523791

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