Porter Knob
Porter Knob rises to 344 m in West Virginia. Mann Knob stands 429 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Half Cabin 1, a park 2.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31476056, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 344 m
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 22.8 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 29.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Half Cabin 1: 2.3 mi
- Kiwanivista Park: 5.3 mi
- April Dawn Park: 5.5 mi
- Jarel Sargent Park: 5.6 mi
- Wellness Center Park: 5.9 mi
- The Seeker: 8.1 mi
- A Buck for All Seasons: 8.1 mi
- The Apple Remedy: 8.2 mi
- Sir Volundeer: 8.2 mi
- Village in Bloom: 8.2 mi
- Poore Hill: 5.5 mi
- Rich Knob: 7.5 mi
- Huddleston Knob: 7.5 mi
- Signal Knob: 7.9 mi
- Gobbler Knob: 8.0 mi
- Milton Veterans Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 8.2 mi
- 1970 Plane Crash Memorial: 14.6 mi
- The Marshall Beech Tree: 15.4 mi
- B'nai B'rith Holocaust Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Touma Museum of Medicine: 16.0 mi
- Museum of Radio & Technology: 17.3 mi
- The Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Museum: 17.6 mi
- Nitro Wars Museum: 17.7 mi
- Taylor Auto Collections: 17.8 mi
- Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 14.8 mi
- C&O 1308: 17.6 mi
- Indian Rock: 17.9 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 16.4 mi
- Anderson Compass Plant Prairie: 24.7 mi
- Ritter Park Rose Garden: 15.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mann Knob | S 186° | 429 m | 23.4 mi |
| Porter Knob | SSW 206° | 424 m | 22.9 mi |
| Blue Knob | SE 143° | 420 m | 18.6 mi |
| Cove Knob | SSW 192° | 410 m | 20.0 mi |
| Green Shoals Mountain | SSE 166° | 402 m | 22.4 mi |
| Turkeycamp Knob | SW 215° | 380 m | 14.3 mi |
| Stowers Knob | SSE 151° | 378 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mays Knob | SW 218° | 374 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:17 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
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 | 55 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamlin, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356520394
Day trips start here
- Huntington · 16 mi
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