Kate Knob
Kate Knob rises to 344 m in West Virginia. Bird Knob stands 555 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Taylor Public Hunting Area, a park 2.8 miles away. Midland Trail passes 24 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31717561, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 344 m
How to reach it
- 23.8 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 25.7 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Kanawha Falls · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Starcher Rocks: 3.3 mi
- White Hill: 3.4 mi
- Jackson Rocks: 3.7 mi
- Nichols Knob: 4.2 mi
- West Union Hill: 4.7 mi
- Taylor Public Hunting Area: 2.8 mi
- Wallback Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
- Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Clay County Park: 10.3 mi
- Charles Fork Lake Recreational Area: 15.0 mi
- Captain John Young: 11.6 mi
- Train tunnel: 14.7 mi
- Donnally Monuments: 24.4 mi
- War Memorial: 24.9 mi
- West Virginia Liberty Bell: 24.9 mi
- Wedding Garden: 21.1 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 24.8 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 24.9 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 25.0 mi
- Chestnut Point: 11.6 mi
- July: 16.0 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Grotto: 21.3 mi
- Skyline Drive: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Kate Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird Knob | S 176° | 555 m | 17.6 mi |
| Wallowhole Knob | SE 127° | 513 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SE 129° | 499 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bragg Knob | E 100° | 494 m | 16.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | E 93° | 492 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Desert | SSW 198° | 491 m | 20.3 mi |
| Big Knob | ESE 109° | 488 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ESE 112° | 487 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:14 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:26 | 17:08 |
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 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clendenin, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554846 — Kate Knob, Roane County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524992
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