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Porter Knob

Porter Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Porter Knob rises to 424 m in West Virginia. Piney Knob stands 603 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is East Lynn Lake Wildlife Management Area, a park 2.2 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 16 miles off. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31476076, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
424 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.06093, -82.33987

127 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 39
Parks: 32
Artworks: 30
Historic sites: 20
  • Blue Star Memorial: 24.3 mi
  • 1970 Plane Crash Memorial: 24.7 mi
  • WWI Memorial Trail: 24.8 mi
  • Memorial Arch: 24.8 mi
  • Time Capsule: 24.8 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Kentucky Roots Farm: 22.3 mi
  • C&O 1308: 24.9 mi
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Ritter Park Rose Garden: 24.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Porter Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piney KnobESE 103°603 m24.1 mi
Rattlesnake KnobSE 126°601 m22.9 mi
Pickering KnobSSE 147°587 m23.2 mi
Wet KnobSE 127°574 m20.2 mi
Antley KnobS 175°561 m12.6 mi
Cabin HillSE 137°537 m20.1 mi
Godby KnobESE 112°523 m20.9 mi
Hoover KnobSE 134°513 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:41
June solstice06:0820:1720:56
September equinox07:1818:5319:28
December solstice07:4316:3217:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343745566471747367564638
Precip in3.93.74.54.54.84.94.63.53.73.43.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dunlow 1 SW, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356520393

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