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Pollock Knob

Pollock Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Pollock Knob rises to 1,187 m in West Virginia. Grassy Knob stands 1,332 m to the east, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Brier Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Midland Trail passes 6.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31474215, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1187 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.04762, -80.64286

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 38
Cliffs: 36
  • Cambodia: 15.7 mi
  • Molly and Johnny Wall: 15.8 mi
  • Fifth Buttress: 15.8 mi
  • Fourth Buttress: 16.0 mi
  • Third Buttress: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Waterfalls: 7
Historic sites: 5
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 8.5 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 22.7 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 23.6 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 24.1 mi
  • Hillsboro: 24.5 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 13.6 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 17.7 mi
  • Bubble Cave Preserve: 17.8 mi
  • Lost World Caverns: 18.3 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • North Bend Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Museums: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 13.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Springs: 1
  • Locust Creek Spring: 21.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Pollock Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grassy KnobE 81°1,332 m8.0 mi
Job KnobENE 68°1,324 m5.9 mi
Cold KnobE 84°1,314 m9.2 mi
Cross MountainSSE 151°1,271 m5.9 mi
Beech KnobNNE 25°1,261 m4.9 mi
Little Beech KnobNNE 28°1,255 m5.3 mi
Bee KnobENE 75°1,231 m12.1 mi
Blue KnobENE 60°1,227 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice06:0120:1020:49
September equinox07:1118:4719:21
December solstice07:3616:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937485764676761503931
Precip in4.14.05.14.45.64.85.44.23.93.14.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1552531 — Pollock Knob, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356524315

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