King Rocks
King Rocks rises to 382 m in West Virginia. Mount Pisgah stands 499 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Keeley Knob, a peak 3.3 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717740, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 382 m
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 26.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Keeley Knob: 3.3 mi
- Chambers Knob: 4.2 mi
- Desert Knob: 4.3 mi
- Nichols Knob: 6.4 mi
- Vineyard Knob: 7.7 mi
- Charles Fork Lake Recreational Area: 8.5 mi
- Goff Hill Civil War Park: 9.6 mi
- Washington Park: 9.8 mi
- Ben's Run Recreational Area: 10.0 mi
- Alvord Park: 10.4 mi
- Captain John Young: 19.6 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 22.4 mi
- Train tunnel: 23.7 mi
- Chestnut Point: 11.0 mi
- July: 17.4 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of King Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | SSE 154° | 499 m | 19.2 mi |
| Bragg Knob | SE 130° | 494 m | 18.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSE 157° | 487 m | 12.7 mi |
| Teeny Knob | E 90° | 484 m | 12.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | E 98° | 481 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mule Knob | E 89° | 478 m | 8.6 mi |
| Eli Taylor Knob | ESE 102° | 470 m | 18.9 mi |
| Schoonover Knob | SSE 166° | 465 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:14 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554882 — King Rocks, Roane County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525017
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