Kile Knob
Kile Knob rises to 1,395 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the north-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ruleman Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717687, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,395 m
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 15.2 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 19.2 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 20.8 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ruleman Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Castle Knob: 2.3 mi
- Bobs Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Tea Knob: 3.2 mi
- River Hill: 3.3 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 7.0 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 8.6 mi
- Ruddle Park: 13.0 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 13.7 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 5.8 mi
- Locust Spring: 9.0 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 16.9 mi
- Hiner Spring: 19.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 19.6 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 10.3 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 16.7 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 20.3 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 21.6 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 11.3 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 12.0 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 13.3 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 13.7 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 14.2 mi
- Locust Springs: 9.0 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 17.4 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 22.4 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 24.2 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 9.2 mi
- Southern Pillar: 16.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 16.2 mi
- Lower Slabs: 16.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 17.7 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 15.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 16.1 mi
- Sites Homestead: 16.3 mi
- Highland County Museum: 19.3 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 22.3 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 10.6 mi
- Small waterfall: 10.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 14.0 mi
- High Falls: 19.2 mi
- Gertrude: 16.8 mi
- Smoke Hole: 19.8 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 19.4 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Kile Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | NNW 335° | 1,482 m | 6.4 mi |
| Horse Rock | N 354° | 1,374 m | 9.5 mi |
| Panther Knob | S 191° | 1,371 m | 3.7 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,370 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pike Knob | NE 34° | 1,308 m | 4.3 mi |
| Colaw Knob | W 264° | 1,281 m | 10.2 mi |
| Elk Mountain | W 279° | 1,273 m | 7.1 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,265 m | 7.0 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 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1541189 — Kile Knob, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356517992
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