Hooker Knob
Hooker Knob rises to 420 m in West Virginia. Rattlesnake Knob stands 601 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is McComas Mountain, a peak 3.4 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 14 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717263, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 420 m
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 28.1 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
65 named places within 25 miles
- McComas Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Porter Knob: 3.7 mi
- Wells Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Moses Fork Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Cotton Hill: 5.6 mi
- East Lynn Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Kermit City Park: 12.5 mi
- Fort Gay Veterans Memorial Park: 12.7 mi
- Main Street Park: 13.5 mi
- Inez Park: 13.5 mi
- Kentucky Roots Farm: 21.3 mi
- Chief Logan State Park: 22.0 mi
- Loretta Lynn's Homeplace: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hooker Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Knob | ESE 117° | 601 m | 23.6 mi |
| Pickering Knob | SE 138° | 587 m | 22.6 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | SSE 157° | 578 m | 23.8 mi |
| Wet Knob | ESE 117° | 574 m | 20.9 mi |
| Antley Knob | SSE 160° | 561 m | 10.5 mi |
| Cabin Hill | SE 126° | 537 m | 20.2 mi |
| Godby Knob | ESE 103° | 523 m | 22.5 mi |
| Hoover Knob | ESE 117° | 513 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:17 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:33 | 17:14 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dunlow 1 SW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554735 — Hooker Knob, Wayne County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524962
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- Huntington · 28 mi
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