Irish Lick Knob
Irish Lick Knob rises to 934 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Packs Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717412, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 934 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 19.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 17 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 22 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Packs Knob: 1.2 mi
- Coal River Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Boyd Branch Knob: 3.6 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Chestnut Flat Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.8 mi
- Maxwell Hill Community Center and Park: 9.9 mi
- Ewart Ave Park: 10.3 mi
- New River Park: 10.5 mi
- Graney Memorial Park: 10.7 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Fern Point Area: 21.2 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 21.2 mi
- Bridge Buttress: 21.3 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 21.3 mi
- Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 12.9 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 13.6 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Constable Silas Frank Nance Memorial Site: 16.7 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 12.9 mi
- Ship Rock: 13.2 mi
- The Canopy: 14.4 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 21.3 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 21.7 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 10.1 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 10.3 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 10.3 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 18.8 mi
- Needleseye Park: 15.7 mi
- Grandview: 16.5 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 22.7 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Irish Lick Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Knob | SW 235° | 1,083 m | 8.6 mi |
| Indian Grave Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,049 m | 21.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WSW 241° | 1,037 m | 9.6 mi |
| Rich Knob | SSE 156° | 1,023 m | 22.0 mi |
| Pond Knob | WNW 300° | 1,011 m | 4.2 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,009 m | 3.3 mi |
| Kopperston Mountain | WSW 242° | 993 m | 11.6 mi |
| Lick Knob | NNE 25° | 989 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley VA Hospital, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1540714 — Irish Lick Knob, Raleigh County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356517795
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