Job Knob
Job Knob rises to 1,353 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the northeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Brierpatch Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717498, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,353 m
How to reach it
- 17.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 19.0 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 25.6 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 26.2 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Brierpatch Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Haines Knob: 3.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Gregg Knob: 3.9 mi
- Brushheap Knob: 3.9 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 6.9 mi
- Alpena Gap Recreation Site: 8.5 mi
- Bear Heaven Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 9.7 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 3.9 mi
- Small waterfall: 6.7 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 7.0 mi
- High Falls: 15.2 mi
- Elakala Falls: 16.6 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 9.4 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 9.9 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 10.7 mi
- Pat Spring: 10.9 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 12.5 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 7.3 mi
- Wilson Monument: 17.6 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 18.2 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 18.2 mi
- Stony River Dam: 22.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 8.7 mi
- Lower Slabs: 8.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 8.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 12.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 20.9 mi
- Stringtown: 8.7 mi
- Mill Run: 10.2 mi
- Smoke Hole: 12.9 mi
- Gertrude: 19.8 mi
- Kempton: 23.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 8.3 mi
- Sites Homestead: 8.3 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 18.1 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 19.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 10.2 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 17.2 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 20.0 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 11.1 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 17.8 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 24.0 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 9.6 mi
- Locust Springs: 20.6 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Job Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | NE 40° | 1,452 m | 5.5 mi |
| Green Knob | ENE 63° | 1,424 m | 4.7 mi |
| Pharis Knob | SSW 213° | 1,410 m | 10.4 mi |
| Haystack Knob | ENE 61° | 1,376 m | 5.2 mi |
| Horse Rock | S 172° | 1,374 m | 8.0 mi |
| Weiss Knob | NNE 30° | 1,359 m | 10.0 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | N 5° | 1,348 m | 1.6 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | SSW 213° | 1,339 m | 13.7 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 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523851
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