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King Knob

King Knob, seen from above at true elevation

King Knob rises to 412 m in West Virginia. Sugarloaf stands 502 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Harrisville City Park, a park 4.5 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 8.3 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1554881)

Wikidata Q31717728, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
412 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.17008, -80.97983

61 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 34
Parks: 16
Historic sites: 7
Museums: 2
  • Old Stone House Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Beauchamp-Newman House: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of King Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafESE 113°502 m24.2 mi
Locust KnobSE 140°477 m24.8 mi
Big Pine KnobSSE 164°436 m20.1 mi
OwlsheadN 4°434 m18.6 mi
Powell KnobSSE 154°430 m20.6 mi
Ruble KnobWSW 238°406 m20.3 mi
Rattlesnake KnobSSW 212°393 m21.7 mi
Cabbage KnobSSW 196°390 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:36
June solstice05:5920:1420:54
September equinox07:1218:4719:23
December solstice07:4116:2317:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313442536370737266544335
Precip in3.63.34.13.84.94.65.43.93.63.33.03.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisville, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356525015

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