Hog Knob
Hog Knob rises to 977 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the east, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Brushheap Knob, a peak 2.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717224, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 977 m
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 16.9 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 23.8 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 26.1 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Brushheap Knob: 2.8 mi
- Shavers Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Hertig Knob: 3.5 mi
- Green Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Big Knob: 5.3 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
- Alpena Gap Recreation Site: 4.5 mi
- Bear Heaven Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Fernow Experimental Forest: 8.5 mi
- Stuart Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 10.5 mi
- Elakala Falls: 12.0 mi
- Douglas Falls: 12.7 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 12.8 mi
- Small waterfall: 13.0 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 6.5 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 7.9 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 8.2 mi
- Pat Spring: 8.9 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 10.2 mi
- Mill Run: 5.2 mi
- Stringtown: 6.9 mi
- Smoke Hole: 17.7 mi
- Kempton: 18.7 mi
- Gertrude: 22.0 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 13.3 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 13.7 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 14.2 mi
- Wilson Monument: 14.6 mi
- Stony River Dam: 20.4 mi
- Sites Homestead: 14.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 14.1 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 14.1 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 17.0 mi
- Lower Slabs: 14.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 14.4 mi
- Southern Pillar: 14.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 18.2 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 9.0 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 16.3 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 12.7 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 16.8 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 5.0 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 13.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Hog Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | E 100° | 1,452 m | 7.4 mi |
| Green Knob | ESE 113° | 1,424 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pharis Knob | S 188° | 1,410 m | 14.4 mi |
| Haystack Knob | ESE 110° | 1,376 m | 8.7 mi |
| Horse Rock | SSE 160° | 1,374 m | 14.3 mi |
| Weiss Knob | ENE 70° | 1,359 m | 9.2 mi |
| Job Knob | SSE 146° | 1,353 m | 6.6 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SE 136° | 1,348 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins 21 ENE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1551463 — Hog Knob, Randolph County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523810
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