Old House Knob
Old House Knob rises to 997 m in West Virginia. Cheat Mountain stands 1,481 m to the west-southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, a park 3.3 miles away. Back Mountain Backway passes 5.8 miles off. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31718612, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 997 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 5.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 7.0 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 9.6 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 18 mi
107 named places within 25 miles
- Bald Knob: 3.6 mi
- Beech Flat Knob: 5.5 mi
- Asbury Knob: 5.6 mi
- Ward Knob: 5.8 mi
- Peters Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 3.3 mi
- Cass Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 5.6 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Cass Historical District: 5.7 mi
- Whitaker Station Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 6.1 mi
- Powerhouse: 5.4 mi
- Boiler House: 5.4 mi
- Cass: 5.8 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 7.0 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 14.7 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 15.7 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 16.4 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 21.7 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 24.0 mi
- Cool Spring: 7.7 mi
- Locust Spring: 14.6 mi
- Bolar Spring: 20.7 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 23.4 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 4.2 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 16.3 mi
- Highland County Museum: 22.7 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 4.7 mi
- High Falls: 21.3 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 10.6 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 22.3 mi
- Locust Springs: 14.7 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 22.8 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 12.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old House Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheat Mountain | WSW 253° | 1,481 m | 7.3 mi |
| Thorny Benchmark | SW 230° | 1,481 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | WSW 241° | 1,476 m | 3.6 mi |
| Tygart Valley North | W 268° | 1,457 m | 6.7 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | WNW 288° | 1,433 m | 5.5 mi |
| Snyder Knob | NW 312° | 1,432 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mace Knob | WSW 258° | 1,425 m | 7.7 mi |
| Elleber Knob | ESE 114° | 1,401 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:21 | 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 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555264 — Old House Knob, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525142
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