Kings Knob
Kings Knob rises to 472 m in West Virginia. Buffalo Bull Knob stands 853 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 7.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31717748, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 472 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 17.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Knob: 0.5 mi
- Buck Knob: 1.7 mi
- Hog Knob: 1.9 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 2.6 mi
- Gabel Knob: 4.2 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 1.4 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 2.0 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
- Riffle Run Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
- Gilmer County: 9.8 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 12.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Presidents Wall: 17.6 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 17.7 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 13.0 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 19.5 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 19.6 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 19.6 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 19.7 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 5.6 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 14.3 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 15.6 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 13.2 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 15.9 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 16.7 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 1.6 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 9.6 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 6.3 mi
- Hanging Rock: 9.9 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 19.5 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 21.2 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Bulltown: 1.6 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 17.6 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Kings Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bull Knob | SSE 149° | 853 m | 20.7 mi |
| Miller Knob | SSE 152° | 850 m | 20.7 mi |
| Spillman Mountain | SSE 153° | 833 m | 21.2 mi |
| Hodam Mountain | SE 140° | 808 m | 16.2 mi |
| Cool Spring Knob | SSE 151° | 805 m | 17.5 mi |
| Potato Knob | ESE 123° | 748 m | 16.7 mi |
| Big Run Knob | E 85° | 732 m | 17.7 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SSE 157° | 731 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:23 | 17:05 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton Lake, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1541223 — Kings Knob, Braxton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356518008
Day trips start here
- Weston · 20 mi
- Buckhannon · 24 mi
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