Little Beech Knob
Little Beech Knob rises to 1,255 m in West Virginia. Grassy Knob stands 1,332 m to the east-southeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Beech Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31717897, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1255 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 10.9 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 22.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Long Point Viewpoint · 26 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 28 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 28 mi
- Concho Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beech Knob: 0.5 mi
- Wildcat Knob: 1.8 mi
- Bush Place Knob: 2.5 mi
- White Buck Knob: 3.4 mi
- Job Knob: 3.9 mi
- Quinwood Recreation Area: 6.9 mi
- Richwood Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Sterling Spencer Memorial Sculpture Garden: 8.4 mi
- Richwood Roadside Park: 10.3 mi
- Rupert Recreation Area: 10.9 mi
- Circus Wall: 15.7 mi
- Orange Oswald Wall: 15.8 mi
- Narcissus Cave: 15.9 mi
- Satisfaction Wall: 15.9 mi
- Long Wall: 16.0 mi
- McClung: 8.8 mi
- Walker Hill: 9.1 mi
- Bryant: 10.2 mi
- Fairview: 11.6 mi
- Mill Run: 20.4 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 9.3 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 14.8 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 14.8 mi
- Lower Falls of Hills Creek: 14.8 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 24.5 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 8.3 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 16.5 mi
- Bubble Cave Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 21.2 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 16.5 mi
- Beartown State Park: 18.1 mi
- Fred E. Brooks Memorial Arboretum: 24.6 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Hillsboro: 21.2 mi
- Pearl S Buck Birthplace: 21.5 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 23.2 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 8.6 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 15.6 mi
- Locust Creek Spring: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Little Beech Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassy Knob | ESE 122° | 1,332 m | 6.5 mi |
| Job Knob | SE 130° | 1,324 m | 3.9 mi |
| Cold Knob | ESE 119° | 1,314 m | 7.6 mi |
| Sugartree Bench Mountain | E 84° | 1,289 m | 12.0 mi |
| Cross Mountain | S 178° | 1,271 m | 9.9 mi |
| Fork Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,271 m | 12.6 mi |
| Beech Knob | WSW 246° | 1,261 m | 0.5 mi |
| Bee Knob | E 99° | 1,231 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richwood 1sse, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554959 — Little Beech Knob, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525034
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