Lick Knob
Lick Knob rises to 905 m in West Virginia. Harmon Rocks stands 1,243 m to the west-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Ore Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31717846, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 905 m
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 29.3 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ore Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Clifton Knob: 1.7 mi
- Day Knob: 2.3 mi
- Ruddle Park: 1.5 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 7.2 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 9.6 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 10.1 mi
- Hall Spring: 9.7 mi
- Sand Spring: 11.0 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 15.0 mi
- Maple Spring: 16.1 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 22.1 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.3 mi
- Southern Pillar: 8.5 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 8.6 mi
- Lower Slabs: 8.7 mi
- Raven Rocks: 8.7 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 6.8 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 24.4 mi
- Smoke Hole: 8.4 mi
- Stringtown: 20.7 mi
- Mill Run: 24.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 13.2 mi
- Small waterfall: 13.2 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 13.3 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 21.7 mi
- Lost River State Park: 23.5 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 24.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 8.9 mi
- Sites Homestead: 8.9 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
- Locust Springs: 22.8 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 12.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Lick Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmon Rocks | WSW 254° | 1,243 m | 8.0 mi |
| Socrates Mountain | S 188° | 1,032 m | 9.6 mi |
| Peters Mountain | WSW 238° | 994 m | 7.9 mi |
| Propst Knob | SSW 200° | 958 m | 9.0 mi |
| Pond Range Mountain | SW 234° | 951 m | 7.3 mi |
| Spring Mountain | NE 45° | 951 m | 8.0 mi |
| Turkey Knob | S 184° | 948 m | 8.6 mi |
| Moser Knob | SW 225° | 942 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356523908
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