Kincaid Knob
Kincaid Knob rises to 579 m in West Virginia. Gregg Knob stands 960 m to the east, 22 miles off. Old Route 7 Byway passes 7.8 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717701, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 579 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 10.1 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 14.8 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 23.7 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Point Lookout · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bunners Ridge Park: 4.0 mi
- Mount Sarver Ball Field: 7.2 mi
- Arthurdale Historic District: 7.4 mi
- Dorsey's Knob Park: 7.5 mi
- Pricketts Fort State Park: 7.6 mi
- Kincaid Knob: 3.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 3.5 mi
- Dorsey Knob: 7.4 mi
- Price Hill: 7.9 mi
- Grapevine Hill: 9.3 mi
- Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District: 8.6 mi
- Monongalia County War Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Farm House Ruins: 11.0 mi
- Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society: 8.0 mi
- Telephone Museum: 10.1 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 10.1 mi
- Watts Museum: 10.9 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 11.2 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 9.6 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 9.6 mi
- Falling Run Greenspace: 10.3 mi
- Climbing: 11.2 mi
- Climbing and Rappelling: 11.6 mi
- Riverside Spot: 12.0 mi
- Sophia's Grave: 19.5 mi
- Don Knotts: 9.7 mi
- From The Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Albert Gallatin Statue: 19.9 mi
- Little Falls: 4.9 mi
- Matador Falls: 12.6 mi
- The Cliff: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kincaid Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregg Knob | E 88° | 960 m | 22.5 mi |
| Snaggy Mountain | E 90° | 946 m | 24.9 mi |
| Limestone Mountain | SE 143° | 945 m | 23.0 mi |
| Pine Swamp Knob | ENE 79° | 944 m | 24.0 mi |
| Fike Hill | ENE 77° | 943 m | 24.8 mi |
| Brushy Knobs | ESE 110° | 927 m | 23.2 mi |
| Texas Mountain | SSE 160° | 857 m | 24.0 mi |
| Devies Mountain | NE 35° | 839 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:17 | 17:00 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morgantown L&D, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525012
Day trips start here
- Fairmont · 10 mi
- Morgantown · 10 mi
- Grafton · 11 mi
- Kingwood · 14 mi
- Shinnston · 20 mi
- Bridgeport · 21 mi
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