High Knob
High Knob rises to 1,151 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Seneca Rocks, a peak 1.7 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4808767.
Wikidata Q31717089, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,151 m
How to reach it
- 27.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 29.0 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Seneca Rocks: 1.7 mi
- Harper Knob: 2.2 mi
- Big Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Cave Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
- Ruddle Park: 7.0 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 9.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 14.7 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 14.7 mi
- Hall Spring: 16.7 mi
- Sand Spring: 17.7 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 19.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 8.4 mi
- Small waterfall: 10.1 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 10.2 mi
- Elakala Falls: 21.1 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 21.2 mi
- Lower Slabs: 1.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 1.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 1.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.4 mi
- Raven Rocks: 14.9 mi
- Smoke Hole: 3.4 mi
- Stringtown: 13.3 mi
- Mill Run: 17.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 5.4 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 21.6 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 9.9 mi
- Stony River Dam: 21.4 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 23.0 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 14.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Lost River State Park: 24.4 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 19.9 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 22.0 mi
- Locust Springs: 23.6 mi
- Sites Homestead: 2.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 2.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | NW 317° | 1,452 m | 9.5 mi |
| Green Knob | NW 309° | 1,424 m | 7.6 mi |
| Haystack Knob | NW 313° | 1,376 m | 7.6 mi |
| Horse Rock | WSW 239° | 1,374 m | 10.3 mi |
| Job Knob | WNW 285° | 1,353 m | 10.4 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,348 m | 10.8 mi |
| Kisamore Hill | W 266° | 1,289 m | 6.7 mi |
| High Mountain | NW 309° | 1,287 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 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 | 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/356524947
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