Johns Knob
Johns Knob rises to 907 m in West Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Coaldale Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 0.8 miles off. 133 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31717520, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 907 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 5.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 23.6 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 6 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 25 mi
133 named places within 25 miles
- Coaldale Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Shawnee Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 6.1 mi
- Pinnacle: 6.1 mi
- Browning Lambert Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Northfork Community Park: 4.3 mi
- Middletown Park: 4.8 mi
- Keystone Park: 5.1 mi
- Bramell Historic District: 5.2 mi
- Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 8.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Stone Arch: 13.8 mi
- Space Shuttle Memorial: 16.3 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 6.3 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 15.4 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 17.5 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 14.5 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 15.4 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 15.5 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 21.7 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 10.7 mi
- City Garden: 14.0 mi
- Sharon Springs: 23.7 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Johns Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | S 187° | 1,437 m | 21.3 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | S 186° | 1,348 m | 19.7 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | S 185° | 1,344 m | 22.8 mi |
| East River Mountain | S 190° | 1,331 m | 15.5 mi |
| Chimney Rock | S 188° | 1,304 m | 15.1 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | SSE 165° | 1,270 m | 20.5 mi |
| Short Mountain | SSW 192° | 1,258 m | 16.6 mi |
| Ghost Knob | S 183° | 1,250 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
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 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkhorn, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554817 — Johns Knob, McDowell County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524983
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