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Kerless Knob

Kerless Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Kerless Knob rises to 1,077 m in West Virginia. Briery Knob stands 1,377 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mann Knob, a peak 2.6 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 4.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31717653, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1077 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.17095, -80.56064

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 27
  • Richwood Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Sterling Spencer Memorial Sculpture Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Richwood Roadside Park: 7.1 mi
  • Cranberry Wildlife Management Area: 10.9 mi
  • Quinwood Recreation Area: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Circus Wall: 15.8 mi
  • Orange Oswald Wall: 15.9 mi
  • Narcissus Cave: 16.0 mi
  • Satisfaction Wall: 16.1 mi
  • Long Wall: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Attractions: 4
  • Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 4.0 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 16.7 mi
  • Bubble Cave Preserve: 17.4 mi
  • Lost World Caverns: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 17.7 mi
  • Hillsboro: 19.3 mi
  • T. M. Cheeks: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • North Bend Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Springs: 1
  • Locust Creek Spring: 17.2 mi
Museums: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Kerless Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Briery KnobE 99°1,377 m11.9 mi
Rocky KnobE 95°1,355 m11.3 mi
Grassy KnobSSE 155°1,332 m8.1 mi
Job KnobS 171°1,324 m6.4 mi
Cold KnobSSE 148°1,314 m8.8 mi
Mikes KnobENE 71°1,297 m11.1 mi
Sugartree Bench MountainESE 104°1,289 m10.2 mi
Fork MountainE 84°1,271 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:34
June solstice06:0020:1020:49
September equinox07:1118:4619:21
December solstice07:3616:2517:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139505865696863534234
Precip in4.34.05.34.85.85.26.04.44.23.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richwood 1sse, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1551638 — Kerless Knob, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356523871

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