Kettlefield Knob
Kettlefield Knob rises to 899 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Brushy Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 899 m
How to reach it
- 15.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 16.5 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 21.8 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 23.8 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Brushy Knob: 0.8 mi
- Bobs Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Cedar Knob: 1.5 mi
- Wilfong Knob: 1.7 mi
- Wagner Knob: 2.0 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 4.3 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 6.9 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 12.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 9.4 mi
- Locust Spring: 11.7 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 13.8 mi
- Hiner Spring: 15.8 mi
- Maple Spring: 16.3 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 11.3 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 11.9 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 12.6 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 12.6 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 13.6 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 13.1 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 17.3 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 18.8 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 19.0 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 19.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 6.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 17.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 17.6 mi
- Lower Slabs: 17.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 18.2 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 14.4 mi
- Highland County Museum: 17.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 17.6 mi
- Sites Homestead: 17.7 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 23.6 mi
- Locust Springs: 11.7 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 15.4 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 19.4 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 13.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 16.6 mi
- High Falls: 23.0 mi
- Gertrude: 20.3 mi
- Smoke Hole: 20.5 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 22.6 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Kettlefield Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | NW 325° | 1,482 m | 9.9 mi |
| Kile Knob | NW 308° | 1,395 m | 3.7 mi |
| Panther Knob | WSW 250° | 1,371 m | 3.9 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,370 m | 6.1 mi |
| Pike Knob | N 354° | 1,308 m | 5.9 mi |
| Elk Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,273 m | 10.5 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,265 m | 10.6 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SW 227° | 1,258 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525009
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