Locust Knob
Locust Knob rises to 477 m in West Virginia. Big Run Knob stands 732 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gilmer County, a historic site 1.8 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31718051, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 477 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 8.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Flag Knob: 6.9 mi
- Powell Knob: 7.0 mi
- Gabel Knob: 7.1 mi
- Rush Knob: 7.6 mi
- Buck Knob: 8.4 mi
- Burnsville City Park: 2.8 mi
- Riffle Run Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Glenville City Square: 8.8 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Gilmer County: 1.8 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 3.0 mi
- Presidents Wall: 8.6 mi
- Smith-Bush Farm: 9.5 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 10.8 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 15.0 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 15.2 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 15.2 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 15.4 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 19.2 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 4.5 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 23.4 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 24.9 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 9.6 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 10.7 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 20.1 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 9.6 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 16.6 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 15.3 mi
- Hanging Rock: 19.5 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 8.6 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Bulltown: 9.7 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 15.1 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Locust Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Run Knob | ESE 107° | 732 m | 23.9 mi |
| Big Mountain | SSE 155° | 710 m | 22.3 mi |
| Cleveland Mountain | ESE 121° | 647 m | 20.2 mi |
| Prit Mountain | ESE 113° | 602 m | 19.3 mi |
| Ware Mountain | SSE 157° | 594 m | 19.9 mi |
| Beverage Knob | ESE 108° | 589 m | 16.8 mi |
| Bob Peak | ESE 102° | 586 m | 19.5 mi |
| Little Birch Mountain | S 184° | 577 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenville, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356518301
Day trips start here
- Weston · 15 mi
- Buckhannon · 25 mi
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