Hog Knob
Hog Knob rises to 446 m in West Virginia. Buffalo Bull Knob stands 853 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Knob, a peak 1.7 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 7.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31717204, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 446 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 18.4 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Knob: 1.7 mi
- Kings Knob: 1.9 mi
- Buck Knob: 2.6 mi
- Gabel Knob: 3.6 mi
- Fisher Knob: 3.8 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 3.0 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 3.8 mi
- Holly Gray Park: 5.6 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
- Gilmer County: 9.8 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 12.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 16.9 mi
- Presidents Wall: 17.3 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 14.7 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 21.0 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 21.2 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 21.2 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 21.3 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 6.3 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 15.2 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 16.4 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 14.8 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 16.0 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 17.7 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 3.5 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 7.8 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 7.7 mi
- Hanging Rock: 10.6 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 21.1 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 22.5 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Bulltown: 3.5 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 17.3 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Hog Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bull Knob | SE 144° | 853 m | 20.6 mi |
| Miller Knob | SSE 147° | 850 m | 20.5 mi |
| Hodam Mountain | SE 133° | 808 m | 16.4 mi |
| Cool Spring Knob | SE 145° | 805 m | 17.3 mi |
| Potato Knob | ESE 117° | 748 m | 17.4 mi |
| Big Run Knob | E 82° | 732 m | 19.3 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SSE 151° | 731 m | 15.7 mi |
| Big Mountain | SSE 152° | 710 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:23 | 17:05 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton Lake, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1540350 — Hog Knob, Braxton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356517666
Day trips start here
- Weston · 21 mi
- Buckhannon · 26 mi
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