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Myles Knob

Myles Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Myles Knob rises to 1,054 m in West Virginia. Cross Mountain stands 1,271 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Buster Knob, a peak 1.5 miles away. Midland Trail passes 0.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31718493, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1054 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.97484, -80.80731

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Rainelle Park: 2.1 mi
  • Rainelle Town Park: 2.5 mi
  • Rupert City Park: 6.6 mi
  • Mundy Park: 6.9 mi
  • Rupert Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 36
  • Cambodia: 12.5 mi
  • Molly and Johnny Wall: 12.7 mi
  • Fifth Buttress: 12.9 mi
  • Third Buttress: 13.1 mi
  • Fourth Buttress: 13.1 mi
Ghost towns: 15
Historic sites: 8
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 13.0 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 13.9 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 14.1 mi
  • Walter Scott's statue: 17.7 mi
Attractions: 8
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 16.1 mi
  • The Canopy: 16.9 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 18.7 mi
  • Hank’s Last Stop: 18.8 mi
  • The Mystery Hole: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Sandstone Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Peters Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Rudolph Falls: 23.7 mi
Museums: 5
  • Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 21.1 mi
  • Veteran's Museum: 21.2 mi
  • Hinton Railroad Museum: 21.3 mi
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 23.5 mi
  • Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 25.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Brooks Falls: 18.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Myles Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cross MountainE 91°1,271 m11.8 mi
Wildcat KnobNE 50°1,223 m13.2 mi
Bush Place KnobNE 50°1,208 m12.4 mi
Huggins KnobE 93°1,204 m13.6 mi
Buffalo MountainE 90°1,204 m13.6 mi
Joe KnobENE 76°1,192 m12.9 mi
Point MountainE 79°1,189 m14.3 mi
Pollock KnobENE 61°1,187 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:35
June solstice06:0220:1020:50
September equinox07:1218:4719:22
December solstice07:3616:2717:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937485764676761503931
Precip in4.14.05.14.45.64.85.44.23.93.14.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356519411

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