Piney Knob
Piney Knob rises to 603 m in West Virginia. Kopperston Mountain stands 993 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Brushy Point, a peak 4.5 miles away. Midland Trail passes 26 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31469879, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 603 m
How to reach it
- 26.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
60 named places within 25 miles
- Brushy Point: 4.5 mi
- Godby Knob: 4.7 mi
- Blair Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Workman Knob: 8.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 9.3 mi
- Madison City Park: 7.1 mi
- Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area: 9.7 mi
- Fork Creek Wildlife Management Area: 15.9 mi
- Drawdy Falls Roadside Park: 16.0 mi
- Buffalo Creek Memoral Park: 16.1 mi
- Tridelphia Vietnam War Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Man WV War Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial: 20.4 mi
- Chief Logan State Park: 8.5 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Piney Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kopperston Mountain | SE 125° | 993 m | 24.2 mi |
| Burning Rock | SSE 150° | 912 m | 23.0 mi |
| Panther Knob | SE 139° | 866 m | 23.8 mi |
| Cherry Pond Mountain | ESE 117° | 843 m | 21.2 mi |
| Huff Mountain | SE 144° | 835 m | 22.6 mi |
| Squealer Knob | ESE 105° | 818 m | 23.7 mi |
| Spring Mountain | SE 128° | 813 m | 18.1 mi |
| Cook Mountain | ESE 116° | 773 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555361 — Piney Knob, Boone County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525190
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