Potato Knob
Potato Knob rises to 349 m in Ohio. Washburn Hill stands 405 m to the north-northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hill, a peak 2.8 miles away. Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34898145, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 349 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Scenic Byway
- 24.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Hill: 2.8 mi
- Palmer Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Massie Knob: 3.9 mi
- High Knob: 4.2 mi
- Smith Hill: 4.5 mi
- Sinking Spring Public Square: 3.1 mi
- Serpent Mound Park: 4.5 mi
- Floyd & Mae McCoy Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Tranquility State Wildlife Area: 8.7 mi
- Bainbridge Park: 13.4 mi
- Wickerham Inn 1800-01: 5.4 mi
- Peebles: 6.8 mi
- The Edwin H. Davis State Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Cairn of Peace: 7.0 mi
- The Ten Commandments: 7.7 mi
- Chalet Nivale Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Shoemaker State Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Plum Run Prarie: 6.7 mi
- Davis Memorial State Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Quiverheart Gorge: 9.9 mi
- Welcome to Peebles: 7.0 mi
- Welcome to Adams County: 7.0 mi
- World's Largest Horseshoe Crab: 17.1 mi
- The Ten Commandments: 17.5 mi
- Praying For The Children: 17.5 mi
- Serpent Mound Museum: 4.4 mi
- Fort Hill Education Center: 6.3 mi
- Appalachian Forest Museum: 12.7 mi
- Harris Dental Museum: 13.6 mi
- Adams County Historical Society: 19.8 mi
- Murphin Point: 11.7 mi
- Sugar Point: 16.2 mi
- Lookout Point: 16.5 mi
- Alum Cliffs: 23.6 mi
- Three Sisters: 12.7 mi
- Shawnee State Park Lookout: 23.8 mi
- Dogwood Pass: 24.6 mi
- Peebles Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Winchester Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- South Beach: 12.0 mi
- Cedar Falls: 14.5 mi
- Knockemstiff: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Potato Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washburn Hill | NNW 329° | 405 m | 7.9 mi |
| Long Lick Hill | NNW 341° | 405 m | 8.2 mi |
| McCoppin Hill | NNW 344° | 402 m | 9.0 mi |
| Brown Hill | NNW 334° | 399 m | 8.2 mi |
| Shepherds Mountain | N 10° | 397 m | 7.1 mi |
| Fort Hill | NNW 329° | 392 m | 5.9 mi |
| McMechen Hill | NNE 28° | 392 m | 13.4 mi |
| Jester Hill | NNE 21° | 391 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:10 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:23 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:33 | 17:15 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1049102 — Potato Knob, Adams County, Ohio.
OpenStreetMap element node/357419272
Day trips start here
- Chillicothe · 28 mi
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