High Knob
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Bulls Head: 2.3 mi
- Cave Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 3.2 mi
- Champe Knobs: 3.7 mi
- Champe Rocks: 4.1 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 4.3 mi
- Echo Park: 7.5 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- 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
- 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
- Falls of Seneca: 14.3 mi
- Small waterfall: 16.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 16.5 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 20.9 mi
- Elakala Falls: 21.2 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 16.2 mi
- Stony River Dam: 18.1 mi
- Stony River Dam: 18.2 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 23.0 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 23.0 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 11.5 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 13.4 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 19.3 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 21.5 mi
- Smoke Hole: 2.9 mi
- Stringtown: 14.8 mi
- Mill Run: 19.1 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 14.9 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Lost River State Park: 18.4 mi
- Sites Homestead: 7.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 8.1 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 18.1 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 24.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | WNW 286° | 1,452 m | 12.3 mi |
| Green Knob | W 277° | 1,424 m | 11.3 mi |
| Haystack Knob | W 279° | 1,376 m | 11.0 mi |
| Kisamore Hill | WSW 252° | 1,289 m | 12.7 mi |
| Blackbird Knob | NNW 331° | 1,203 m | 12.3 mi |
| Breathed Mountain | NW 319° | 1,173 m | 10.5 mi |
| High Knob | WSW 237° | 1,151 m | 6.4 mi |
| Coal Knob | NW 314° | 1,148 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523791
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