Lick Knob
Lick Knob rises to 989 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Paint Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31717836, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 989 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 12.8 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 12 mi
- Kanawha Falls · 15 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Paint Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Town Creek Knob: 0.8 mi
- Hodge Knob: 1.5 mi
- High Knob: 1.8 mi
- Kingston Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
- Graney Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Collins Park: 8.4 mi
- Old Collins Middle: 8.4 mi
- Oak Hill City Park: 8.8 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Bridge Buttress: 15.1 mi
- Fern Point Area: 15.3 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 15.3 mi
- Head Wall: 15.3 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 10.3 mi
- Constable Silas Frank Nance Memorial Site: 12.4 mi
- Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 13.5 mi
- Thurmond: 12.4 mi
- Stonewall: 12.9 mi
- Pinepoca: 14.5 mi
- Kay Moor: 15.0 mi
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District: 16.1 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 8.6 mi
- The Canopy: 11.0 mi
- Ship Rock: 14.7 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 14.9 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 15.2 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 12.6 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 12.8 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 12.8 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 15.9 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 23.9 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
- Needleseye Park: 10.6 mi
- Grandview: 15.4 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Lick Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Knob | SW 222° | 1,083 m | 14.9 mi |
| Walnut Knob | E 98° | 1,049 m | 20.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 227° | 1,037 m | 15.6 mi |
| Pond Knob | WSW 239° | 1,011 m | 7.7 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | SW 233° | 1,009 m | 7.1 mi |
| Kopperston Mountain | SW 228° | 993 m | 17.5 mi |
| High Knob | SSE 165° | 976 m | 1.8 mi |
| Goddard Knob | ESE 106° | 974 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Hill, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554950 — Lick Knob, Raleigh County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525030
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