Hog Knob
Hog Knob rises to 337 m in West Virginia. Sugar Knob stands 513 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Kite Knob, a peak 2.7 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway runs past it. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 337 m
How to reach it
- On the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 10.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
84 named places within 25 miles
- Kite Knob: 2.7 mi
- Nighcut Hill: 4.2 mi
- Barnes Knob: 4.7 mi
- Cabbage Knob: 4.8 mi
- Bell Hill: 5.5 mi
- Calhoun County Park: 3.3 mi
- Mount Zion Community Park: 4.7 mi
- Hersmans Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Coopers Park: 10.4 mi
- Glenville City Square: 12.2 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 9.9 mi
- Presidents Wall: 12.4 mi
- Smith-Bush Farm: 13.5 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 17.5 mi
- Gilmer County: 19.3 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 11.0 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 12.4 mi
- Beauchamp-Newman House: 20.8 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hog Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Knob | SE 136° | 513 m | 19.5 mi |
| Pilot Knob | S 177° | 492 m | 24.1 mi |
| Teeny Knob | SSE 165° | 484 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mule Knob | S 180° | 478 m | 14.4 mi |
| Locust Knob | E 92° | 477 m | 20.4 mi |
| Eli Taylor Knob | SSE 152° | 470 m | 21.0 mi |
| Gabel Knob | ESE 110° | 468 m | 23.2 mi |
| James Knob | SSE 150° | 462 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:14 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grantsville 1ese, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524957
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