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Plummer Knob

Plummer Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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. 29 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

Coordinates39.31009, -80.12592

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks: 29
Museums: 9
  • 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
Historic sites: 8
  • 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
  • Jane Lew: 20.4 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Artworks: 2
  • Buckhannon Mural: 22.6 mi
  • Don Knotts: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Maniac Mountain: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Limestone MountainESE 105°945 m23.6 mi
Thorn KnobSE 139°887 m21.9 mi
Texas MountainESE 120°857 m20.1 mi
Pifer MountainESE 115°835 m21.1 mi
Mount PhoebeENE 58°715 m23.1 mi
Bald KnobNE 41°656 m18.7 mi
Deen KnobS 179°629 m22.1 mi
Cannon HillE 83°621 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5719:33
June solstice05:5520:1120:51
September equinox07:0918:4419:19
December solstice07:3816:1917:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340516067717064534335
Precip in3.43.33.94.34.94.95.54.43.63.43.13.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tygart DAM, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356520337

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