Polecat Knob
Polecat Knob rises to 803 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasant Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31473688, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 803 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 16.2 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 17.1 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 16.8 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pleasant Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Turkey Knob: 5.3 mi
- Skier's hillock: 5.8 mi
- Bearlick Knob: 5.9 mi
- River City Park: 3.9 mi
- Mill Race: 4.4 mi
- Fernow Experimental Forest: 4.6 mi
- Nursery Bottom: 4.6 mi
- St George Park: 6.7 mi
- Douglas Falls: 12.9 mi
- Albert Falls: 12.9 mi
- Elakala Falls: 13.7 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 14.6 mi
- High Falls: 21.0 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 2.3 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 12.7 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 13.9 mi
- Pat Spring: 14.2 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 15.8 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 11.7 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 13.2 mi
- Wilson Monument: 14.2 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 23.8 mi
- Stony River Dam: 24.6 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 11.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 16.5 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 17.5 mi
- Generation Museum: 19.3 mi
- Mill Run: 11.7 mi
- Stringtown: 16.0 mi
- Kempton: 16.9 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 14.0 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 22.5 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 16.7 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 10.7 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 11.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Polecat Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | ESE 122° | 1,452 m | 18.8 mi |
| Green Knob | SE 126° | 1,424 m | 20.5 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SE 125° | 1,376 m | 20.5 mi |
| Weiss Knob | ESE 108° | 1,359 m | 18.1 mi |
| Job Knob | SE 139° | 1,353 m | 18.9 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SE 136° | 1,348 m | 17.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 105° | 1,332 m | 18.0 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,331 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parsons 3 SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525199
Day trips start here
- Grafton · 23 mi
- Buckhannon · 26 mi
- Kingwood · 27 mi
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