High Knob
High Knob rises to 502 m in West Virginia. Back Fork Mountain stands 1,138 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1540246).
Wikidata Q31717039, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 502 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 14.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 25.4 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugar Knob: 1.1 mi
- Moon Hill: 1.7 mi
- Haystack Knob: 2.2 mi
- Green Hill: 3.1 mi
- Moss Knob: 3.7 mi
- Fort Pickens Monument: 2.4 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 4.3 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 4.7 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 5.0 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Gilmer County: 12.8 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 15.1 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 15.7 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 15.7 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 7.4 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 15.8 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 15.9 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 15.9 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 16.0 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 4.3 mi
- Hanging Rock: 8.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 24.6 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 8.2 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 11.6 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 13.2 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 9.7 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 9.9 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 20.9 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 15.8 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 16.8 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 24.3 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 4.7 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 15.1 mi
- Bulltown: 4.6 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 18.6 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back Fork Mountain | SE 133° | 1,138 m | 21.5 mi |
| Turkeybone Mountain | SE 127° | 1,132 m | 20.0 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | ESE 110° | 1,113 m | 21.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,083 m | 21.0 mi |
| Round Knob | ESE 122° | 1,073 m | 21.0 mi |
| High Germany Knob | ESE 103° | 1,065 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pisgah Knob | SE 135° | 1,018 m | 18.9 mi |
| Buffalo Bull Knob | SSE 166° | 853 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Cave 2 NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1540246 — High Knob, Braxton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356517579
Day trips start here
- Weston · 16 mi
- Buckhannon · 19 mi
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