Mace Knob
Mace Knob rises to 1,425 m in West Virginia. Cheat Mountain stands 1,481 m to the southeast, 0.8 miles off. Highland Scenic Highway passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31718150, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1425 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 11.6 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 12.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 13.3 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 11 mi
- Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cheat Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Tygart Valley North: 1.6 mi
- Valley Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Tallow Knob: 3.7 mi
- Rich Knob: 3.9 mi
- Whitaker Station Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 4.5 mi
- Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 4.7 mi
- Cass Historical District: 6.4 mi
- Cass Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 6.5 mi
- Tea Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi
- Cass: 6.3 mi
- Powerhouse: 6.5 mi
- Boiler House: 6.5 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 14.3 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 20.4 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 22.1 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 23.3 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 23.5 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 4.4 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 22.6 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 24.1 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 10.6 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 23.4 mi
- Pearl S Buck Birthplace: 23.7 mi
- Cool Spring: 12.9 mi
- Locust Spring: 22.0 mi
- Bolar Spring: 24.4 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 15.2 mi
- Fred E. Brooks Memorial Arboretum: 24.4 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 13.5 mi
- Raven Rocks: 14.5 mi
- Locust Springs: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Mace Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheat Mountain | SE 140° | 1,481 m | 0.8 mi |
| Thorny Benchmark | SSE 164° | 1,481 m | 4.0 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 92° | 1,476 m | 4.4 mi |
| Tygart Valley North | NNE 31° | 1,457 m | 1.6 mi |
| Red Spruce Knob | SW 222° | 1,434 m | 11.5 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | NE 35° | 1,433 m | 4.0 mi |
| Snyder Knob | NNE 24° | 1,432 m | 6.5 mi |
| Red Lick Mountain | SW 214° | 1,428 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 31 | 42 | 51 | 59 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snowshoe, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1551979 — Mace Knob, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523961
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