Pond Knob
Pond Knob rises to 1,011 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the south-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Coal River Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31474518, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,011 m
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 19.0 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 19 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 23 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coal River Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Wriston Knob: 2.0 mi
- Boyd Branch Knob: 2.9 mi
- Squealer Knob: 3.2 mi
- Packs Knob: 4.1 mi
- Walhonde Roadside Park: 6.6 mi
- Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- Eskdale Community Park: 13.4 mi
- Graney Memorial Park: 14.1 mi
- Maxwell Hill Community Center and Park: 14.1 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Bridge Buttress: 22.8 mi
- Head Wall: 23.0 mi
- Fern Point Area: 23.0 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 23.0 mi
- Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Constable Silas Frank Nance Memorial Site: 14.0 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 16.7 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 17.2 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 15.6 mi
- Ship Rock: 17.4 mi
- The Canopy: 17.5 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 21.5 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 22.5 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 14.3 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 14.6 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 14.6 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 17.6 mi
- Needleseye Park: 18.0 mi
- Grandview: 20.4 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Pond Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Knob | SSW 206° | 1,083 m | 7.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 215° | 1,037 m | 8.2 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,009 m | 1.0 mi |
| Kopperston Mountain | SW 220° | 993 m | 10.0 mi |
| Lick Knob | ENE 59° | 989 m | 7.7 mi |
| High Knob | ENE 72° | 976 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pond Knob | SE 139° | 966 m | 22.1 mi |
| Boyd Branch Knob | ENE 62° | 956 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:29 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley VA Hospital, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1545130 — Pond Knob, Raleigh County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356520373
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