High Knob
High Knob rises to 936 m in West Virginia. Kile Knob stands 1,395 m to the north, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cove Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4808766.
Wikidata Q31717080, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 936 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 12.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 19.5 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 22.5 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cove Knob: 0.6 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Gulf Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Pine Tree Knob: 2.3 mi
- Simmons Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Highland Park: 8.6 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 9.8 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 12.7 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 13.7 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 10.1 mi
- Locust Spring: 10.8 mi
- Hiner Spring: 12.5 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 13.2 mi
- Maple Spring: 18.6 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 13.0 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 14.0 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 14.2 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 16.3 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 18.1 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 5.4 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 6.5 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 8.1 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 8.4 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 18.2 mi
- Raven Rocks: 11.8 mi
- Byrd Point: 21.6 mi
- Southern Pillar: 23.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 23.6 mi
- Lower Slabs: 23.8 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 8.4 mi
- Highland County Museum: 11.5 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 19.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 23.5 mi
- Sites Homestead: 23.7 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 9.6 mi
- Locust Springs: 10.7 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 14.9 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 18.4 mi
- Small waterfall: 18.6 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 21.8 mi
- High Falls: 24.7 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 17.2 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 21.5 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 23.0 mi
- Gertrude: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kile Knob | N 358° | 1,395 m | 7.9 mi |
| Panther Knob | NNW 346° | 1,371 m | 4.3 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | NW 319° | 1,370 m | 4.7 mi |
| Barren Rock | SSW 194° | 1,335 m | 6.1 mi |
| Pike Knob | N 10° | 1,308 m | 11.6 mi |
| Red Oak Knob | WSW 256° | 1,283 m | 10.4 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NW 321° | 1,273 m | 11.6 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NW 309° | 1,258 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524942
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