High Knob
High Knob rises to 812 m in New York. Windham High Peak stands 1,077 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bates State Forest, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
High Knob is a mountain in Schoharie County, New York. It is located southwest of Livingstonville. Steenburg Mountain is located southeast and Scott Patent Hill is located east-northeast of High Knob.
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Wikidata Q34922178, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 812 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bates State Forest: 1.6 mi
- Steenburg Mountain Unit: 2.3 mi
- Durham Road Unit: 2.7 mi
- Conesville Unit: 4.0 mi
- Bull Hill South Unit: 4.4 mi
- Hubbard Hill: 2.1 mi
- Leonard Hill: 2.6 mi
- Steenburg Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Scott Patent Hill: 3.6 mi
- Richtmyer Peak: 4.4 mi
- Manor Kill Falls: 6.8 mi
- Creamery Falls: 8.0 mi
- Mine Kill Falls: 8.1 mi
- Red Falls: 9.2 mi
- Hardenburg Falls: 9.4 mi
- Mine Kill State Park: 7.5 mi
- Ashland Park: 8.7 mi
- Max V. Shaul State Park: 9.6 mi
- Long Path Park: 11.8 mi
- C.D. Lane Park: 12.2 mi
- Susquehanna Turnpike: 7.2 mi
- Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 7.5 mi
- Huyck Felt Mill Ruins: 10.6 mi
- Hamlet of Rensselaerville: 10.8 mi
- Baptist Church: 10.8 mi
- Gilboa Museum: 7.3 mi
- New York Power Authority Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center: 7.8 mi
- Lansing Manor House: 7.9 mi
- Durham Center Museum: 9.8 mi
- Pratt Museum: 9.9 mi
- Pratt Rocks: 9.5 mi
- Vromans Nose: 11.3 mi
- The Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Devils Tombstone: 19.7 mi
- Leaning Tower: 21.9 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 7.2 mi
- Pratt Rock: 9.9 mi
- Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park: 17.8 mi
- Howe Caverns: 19.0 mi
- Secret Caverns: 19.8 mi
- Veterans Garden: 14.8 mi
- Landis Arboretum: 24.6 mi
- Wildlife Garden: 24.8 mi
- Water Garden: 24.8 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 10.6 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 20.7 mi
- Belleayre Beach: 22.4 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 11.2 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 18.6 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 20.1 mi
- Rip Van Winkle: 16.4 mi
- Winnisook: 23.5 mi
- Shandaken Eagle: 24.0 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- East Worcester Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windham High Peak | SE 132° | 1,077 m | 11.7 mi |
| Huntersfield Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,043 m | 5.3 mi |
| Richmond Mountain | SSE 153° | 980 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cave Mountain | SSE 161° | 947 m | 10.4 mi |
| Ashland Pinnacle | S 180° | 933 m | 4.9 mi |
| Richtmyer Peak | SE 145° | 910 m | 4.4 mi |
| Tower Mountain | S 186° | 904 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Hayden | SE 135° | 893 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:56 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Manor, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952741 — High Knob, Schoharie County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357564393
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