High Knob
High Knob rises to 837 m in West Virginia. Cow Knob stands 1,231 m to the southeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Locust Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4808765
Wikidata Q31717071, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 837 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Locust Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Spring Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 3.4 mi
- Dunkle Knob: 3.6 mi
- Little Sweedlin Hill: 3.8 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 3.5 mi
- Ruddle Park: 7.4 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 12.0 mi
- Echo Park: 12.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 5.8 mi
- Lower Slabs: 9.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 9.8 mi
- Southern Pillar: 9.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 9.9 mi
- Hall Spring: 10.7 mi
- Sand Spring: 11.2 mi
- Maple Spring: 19.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 20.5 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 21.0 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 11.1 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 21.6 mi
- Bryce Resort: 22.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 16.3 mi
- Small waterfall: 17.3 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 17.4 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 23.2 mi
- Smoke Hole: 6.3 mi
- Stringtown: 20.0 mi
- Mill Run: 24.2 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 16.9 mi
- Stony River Dam: 23.8 mi
- Stony River Dam: 23.9 mi
- Lost River State Park: 17.6 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 20.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Sites Homestead: 10.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 10.2 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 13.8 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cow Knob | SE 145° | 1,231 m | 9.3 mi |
| High Knob | WNW 283° | 1,151 m | 8.1 mi |
| North Fork Peak | NNW 334° | 1,083 m | 10.2 mi |
| Black Lick Mountain | SE 144° | 1,040 m | 10.3 mi |
| Rader Knob | SE 135° | 1,019 m | 9.5 mi |
| Spring Mountain | NE 52° | 951 m | 1.8 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | SW 214° | 939 m | 4.8 mi |
| Reynolds Knob | E 87° | 930 m | 6.8 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 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 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 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523789
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