Imboden Knob
Imboden Knob rises to 682 m in West Virginia. Snyder Knob stands 1,432 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Randolph County Museum, a museum 1.5 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike runs past it. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717378, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 682 m
How to reach it
- On the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 1.5 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 13.7 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 17.4 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
132 named places within 25 miles
- Childers Knob: 2.2 mi
- Harper Knob: 2.2 mi
- Nettle Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Hawflat Knob: 6.6 mi
- Chenoweth Knob: 7.2 mi
- Beverly Historic District: 1.5 mi
- Valley Bend Wetland Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Glendale Park & Skatepark: 7.1 mi
- Riverbend Park: 7.1 mi
- Davis Street Park: 7.2 mi
- Pat Spring: 8.8 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 9.9 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 11.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 16.6 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 17.3 mi
- Wilson Monument: 4.6 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 7.3 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 20.2 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 20.6 mi
- High Falls: 6.2 mi
- Small waterfall: 20.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 20.0 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 20.7 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 22.8 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 1.5 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 7.3 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 24.8 mi
- Gertrude: 11.5 mi
- Mill Run: 22.2 mi
- Stringtown: 24.5 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 7.6 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 22.7 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 12.9 mi
- Locust Springs: 20.5 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 13.6 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 23.7 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 19.3 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 23.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 15.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Imboden Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snyder Knob | SSW 194° | 1,432 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pharis Knob | ESE 112° | 1,410 m | 14.4 mi |
| Crouch Knob | SSW 195° | 1,374 m | 17.8 mi |
| Job Knob | E 80° | 1,353 m | 19.2 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | S 173° | 1,351 m | 14.2 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,348 m | 19.7 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | SE 125° | 1,339 m | 14.0 mi |
| Burner Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,309 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins- Randolph CO AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524969
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 23 mi
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