Plummer Knob
Plummer Knob rises to 505 m in West Virginia. Limestone Mountain stands 945 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pewee Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 0.5 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31472774, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 505 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 22.3 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 22.9 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Walnut Street Playground: 5.2 mi
- Fetterman/Castle Creek Park: 5.5 mi
- Grafton Downtown Commerical Historic District: 5.7 mi
- Maple Avenue Playground: 5.8 mi
- Heritage Park: 6.0 mi
- Pewee Knob: 0.8 mi
- Copeland Knob: 0.9 mi
- Patton Knob: 2.3 mi
- Browns Knob: 3.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.3 mi
- Bice-Ferguson Museum: 11.1 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 11.7 mi
- Telephone Museum: 12.0 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 12.1 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 12.2 mi
- Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower: 9.3 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 10.9 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Upshur War Monument: 22.6 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 6.2 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 19.4 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 20.4 mi
- Core Arboretum: 24.4 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 22.6 mi
- Don Knotts: 24.0 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 17.3 mi
- Little Falls: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Plummer Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Mountain | ESE 105° | 945 m | 23.6 mi |
| Thorn Knob | SE 139° | 887 m | 21.9 mi |
| Texas Mountain | ESE 120° | 857 m | 20.1 mi |
| Pifer Mountain | ESE 115° | 835 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Phoebe | ENE 58° | 715 m | 23.1 mi |
| Deen Knob | S 179° | 629 m | 22.1 mi |
| Cannon Hill | E 83° | 621 m | 24.6 mi |
| King Knob | S 173° | 601 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tygart DAM, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356520337
Day trips start here
- Grafton · 6 mi
- Bridgeport · 7 mi
- Shinnston · 11 mi
- Clarksburg · 12 mi
- Fairmont · 12 mi
- Buckhannon · 23 mi
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