Kinton Knob
Kinton Knob rises to 779 m in Pennsylvania. Blue Knob stands 953 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bedford County Fairgrounds, a park 1.9 miles away. Historic National Road - Maryland passes 21 miles off.
The story
Kinton Knob is a peak that is located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q6414398, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 779 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 25.3 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 27.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 25 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 28 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pigeon Hills: 3.6 mi
- Glade Pike Vista: 4.8 mi
- Buffalo Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Polish Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Lybarger Hill: 10.9 mi
- Bedford County Fairgrounds: 1.9 mi
- The Greens: 2.4 mi
- Fort Bedford Park: 2.7 mi
- The Square: 2.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
- Fort Bedford Museum: 2.8 mi
- Pennsylvania Railroad bridge ruins: 4.0 mi
- Lime kiln: 4.7 mi
- Everett Area Honor Roll: 10.3 mi
- Grand View Point Hotel: 10.9 mi
- Bedford County Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- National Museum of the American Coverlet: 2.7 mi
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: 2.8 mi
- Bedford Speedway Museum of Speed: 2.9 mi
- Old Bedford Village: 3.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 2.8 mi
- Limestone Spring: 2.9 mi
- Black Spring: 3.1 mi
- Chaltbeate Spring: 4.0 mi
- White Sulphur Springs: 4.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 97: 8.3 mi
- Allegheny Front Hawk Watch: 10.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 261: 17.3 mi
- Browning CREP Easement: 22.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 128: 22.7 mi
- Blankley Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Sweet Root Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Burnt House Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Babcock Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Willow Springs Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Diechland Point: 16.6 mi
- Herman Point: 19.7 mi
- The Little Point: 21.0 mi
- The Coffee Pot: 2.1 mi
- The Igloo: 10.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Kinton Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Knob | N 359° | 953 m | 19.0 mi |
| Schaefer Head | N 359° | 898 m | 21.3 mi |
| Cattle Knob | N 2° | 865 m | 21.4 mi |
| Round Top | NNW 344° | 849 m | 17.8 mi |
| Round Knob | N 360° | 846 m | 20.3 mi |
| Pine Knob | N 6° | 824 m | 22.1 mi |
| Vickrey Mountain | N 352° | 821 m | 22.2 mi |
| Savage Mountain | SW 228° | 813 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:06 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:10 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wolfsburg, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1178532 — Kinton Knob, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357293907
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