Marks Knob
Marks Knob rises to 855 m in West Virginia. Reddish Knob stands 1,338 m to the south, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Shriner Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31718219, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 855 m
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 25.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Shriner Knob: 0.6 mi
- Granddaddy Knob: 0.8 mi
- Lick Run Knob: 1.3 mi
- Evick Knob: 1.8 mi
- Bother Knob: 2.6 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 2.1 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 7.8 mi
- Maple Spring: 5.5 mi
- Hall Spring: 10.2 mi
- Sand Spring: 11.5 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 12.1 mi
- Beaver Creek Spring: 12.2 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 15.7 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 17.7 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 17.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 18.0 mi
- Fort Harrison: 18.2 mi
- Love Essence: 19.7 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 19.7 mi
- Flames: 19.8 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 19.8 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 19.8 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 17.7 mi
- Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center: 18.7 mi
- Highland County Museum: 19.8 mi
- Museum Of American Jewelry Design and Manufacturing: 20.6 mi
- Virginia Quilt Museum: 20.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 6.6 mi
- Eagle Rock: 19.9 mi
- Southern Pillar: 21.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 21.4 mi
- Lower Slabs: 21.6 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 15.5 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 17.5 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 19.6 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 20.7 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 17.6 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 17.9 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 22.3 mi
- Heishman Garden: 19.7 mi
- ISAT Patio: 21.4 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 21.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 21.5 mi
- Small waterfall: 21.7 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 23.6 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 16.5 mi
- Smoke Hole: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Marks Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reddish Knob | S 184° | 1,338 m | 5.4 mi |
| Flagpole Knob | SE 129° | 1,336 m | 3.5 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | SE 131° | 1,332 m | 3.4 mi |
| Bother Knob | SSE 152° | 1,323 m | 2.6 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | S 187° | 1,320 m | 10.3 mi |
| High Knob | ENE 61° | 1,246 m | 3.9 mi |
| Dyers Knob | S 191° | 1,245 m | 6.1 mi |
| Dundore Mountain | E 98° | 1,244 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555049 — Marks Knob, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525080
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