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Manning Knob

Manning Knob rises to 1,210 m in West Virginia. Briery Knob stands 1,377 m to the east, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 6.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31718211, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1210 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.14067, -80.49897

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 35
Cliffs: 23
  • Circus Wall: 19.7 mi
  • Orange Oswald Wall: 19.8 mi
  • Narcissus Cave: 19.8 mi
  • Satisfaction Wall: 19.9 mi
  • Long Wall: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Attractions: 4
  • Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 6.1 mi
  • Bubble Cave Preserve: 13.5 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 20.5 mi
  • Lost World Caverns: 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Hillsboro: 15.8 mi
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 18.6 mi
  • T. M. Cheeks: 20.7 mi
Museums: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 6.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • North Bend Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Locust Creek Spring: 13.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Manning Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Briery KnobE 88°1,377 m8.4 mi
Rocky KnobE 82°1,355 m8.0 mi
Grassy KnobS 179°1,332 m5.2 mi
Job KnobSSW 209°1,324 m4.8 mi
Spruce MountainENE 78°1,316 m10.9 mi
Cold KnobSSE 167°1,314 m5.6 mi
Mikes KnobNE 52°1,297 m9.1 mi
Sugartree Bench MountainE 94°1,289 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5919:34
June solstice06:0020:1020:49
September equinox07:1018:4619:21
December solstice07:3616:2517:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139505865696863534234
Precip in4.34.05.34.85.85.26.04.44.23.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richwood 1sse, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555038 — Manning Knob, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356525078

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