Painter Knob
Painter Knob rises to 457 m in West Virginia. Corren Knob stands 745 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Knob, a peak 1.9 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31457938, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 457 m
How to reach it
- 22.1 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 29.8 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Knob: 1.9 mi
- Velvet Knob: 2.8 mi
- Weedy Knob: 4.0 mi
- Frame Knob: 5.1 mi
- Snake Knob: 6.0 mi
- Clay County Park: 6.0 mi
- Wallback Wildlife Management Area: 9.9 mi
- Taylor Public Hunting Area: 13.4 mi
- Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area: 16.4 mi
- Gassaway Park: 16.6 mi
- Captain John Young: 21.3 mi
- Train tunnel: 22.4 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 22.9 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 9.1 mi
- Chestnut Point: 20.6 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 21.0 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 23.5 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Painter Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corren Knob | SE 135° | 745 m | 18.4 mi |
| Little Birch Mountain | E 99° | 577 m | 19.1 mi |
| Barnette Hill | ESE 102° | 566 m | 17.1 mi |
| Bird Knob | SSW 207° | 555 m | 20.7 mi |
| Coon Knob | E 81° | 542 m | 15.3 mi |
| Fox Knob | E 99° | 525 m | 14.2 mi |
| Wallowhole Knob | SSE 163° | 513 m | 12.2 mi |
| Sugar Knob | ENE 58° | 513 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:13 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
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 | 29 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rosedale 3 NNW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525148
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