Pike Knob

Pike Knob rises to 1,308 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the west-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31468072, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1308 m
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 18.9 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 22.5 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 23.5 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Nelson Rocks: 2.3 mi
- Judy Rocks: 2.5 mi
- Peters Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Harmon Rocks: 2.9 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 6.3 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 6.3 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi
- Ruddle Park: 9.0 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 13.1 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 5.6 mi
- Locust Spring: 12.5 mi
- Hall Spring: 17.2 mi
- Sand Spring: 18.9 mi
- Maple Spring: 19.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 7.1 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 16.3 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 17.0 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 17.9 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 7.4 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 20.2 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 22.2 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 23.2 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 24.7 mi
- Raven Rocks: 7.8 mi
- Southern Pillar: 12.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 12.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 12.1 mi
- Lower Slabs: 12.3 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 7.9 mi
- Small waterfall: 8.1 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 10.8 mi
- High Falls: 19.7 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 12.0 mi
- Sites Homestead: 12.1 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 19.2 mi
- Highland County Museum: 23.0 mi
- Smoke Hole: 15.5 mi
- Gertrude: 18.8 mi
- Stringtown: 22.3 mi
- Mill Run: 24.7 mi
- Locust Springs: 12.5 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 21.1 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 22.4 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 22.0 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Pike Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | WNW 294° | 1,482 m | 5.6 mi |
| Kile Knob | SW 214° | 1,395 m | 4.3 mi |
| Horse Rock | NNW 330° | 1,374 m | 6.8 mi |
| Panther Knob | SSW 203° | 1,371 m | 7.8 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,370 m | 9.4 mi |
| Elk Mountain | WSW 256° | 1,273 m | 9.7 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | W 263° | 1,265 m | 8.9 mi |
| Harmon Rocks | NNE 32° | 1,243 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555348 — Pike Knob, Pendleton County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525173
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