Porter Knob
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
- 15.7 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
127 named places within 25 miles
- McComas Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Hooker Knob: 3.7 mi
- Sweet Potato Knob: 5.0 mi
- Cove Knob: 5.9 mi
- Buck Knob: 5.9 mi
- East Lynn Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.2 mi
- Twelvepole Valley Athletic Park: 12.0 mi
- Wayne Park: 12.6 mi
- Fort Gay Veterans Memorial Park: 13.8 mi
- Main Street Park: 14.8 mi
- Giant Elephant: 23.5 mi
- Untitled: 23.5 mi
- Vision of Corinth: 23.5 mi
- Pedogna II: 23.5 mi
- Owl No. 4: 23.5 mi
- 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
- Kentucky Roots Farm: 22.3 mi
- C&O 1308: 24.9 mi
- Museum of Radio & Technology: 24.6 mi
- The Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Museum: 24.9 mi
- Chief Logan State Park: 21.0 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Knob | ESE 103° | 603 m | 24.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | SE 126° | 601 m | 22.9 mi |
| Pickering Knob | SSE 147° | 587 m | 23.2 mi |
| Wet Knob | SE 127° | 574 m | 20.2 mi |
| Antley Knob | S 175° | 561 m | 12.6 mi |
| Cabin Hill | SE 137° | 537 m | 20.1 mi |
| Godby Knob | ESE 112° | 523 m | 20.9 mi |
| Hoover Knob | SE 134° | 513 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:17 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:32 | 17:14 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dunlow 1 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356520393
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- Huntington · 25 mi
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