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Peaser Knob

Peaser Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Peaser Knob rises to 1,039 m in West Virginia. Grassy Knob stands 1,332 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Quinwood Recreation Area, a park 0.6 miles away. Midland Trail passes 4.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31465815, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1039 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.06484, -80.69453

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 45
  • Quinwood Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Rupert Recreation Area: 6.6 mi
  • Rupert City Park: 6.8 mi
  • Rainelle Town Park: 7.3 mi
  • Mundy Park: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 36
  • Cambodia: 12.6 mi
  • Molly and Johnny Wall: 12.7 mi
  • Fifth Buttress: 12.8 mi
  • Fourth Buttress: 13.0 mi
  • Third Buttress: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Waterfalls: 8
Attractions: 7
  • Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 14.1 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 15.0 mi
  • Bubble Cave Preserve: 20.8 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 20.8 mi
  • Lost World Caverns: 21.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 20.4 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 21.2 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 21.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • North Bend Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 14.4 mi
Museums: 1
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 22.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Locust Creek Spring: 24.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Peaser Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grassy KnobE 90°1,332 m10.7 mi
Job KnobE 83°1,324 m8.3 mi
Cold KnobE 91°1,314 m11.9 mi
Cross MountainSE 138°1,271 m8.5 mi
Beech KnobNE 56°1,261 m5.9 mi
Little Beech KnobENE 57°1,255 m6.3 mi
Blue KnobENE 71°1,227 m12.2 mi
Wildcat KnobENE 61°1,223 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice06:0120:1020:50
September equinox07:1118:4719:22
December solstice07:3616:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1552447 — Peaser Knob, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356524285

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