Powder Spring Knob
Powder Spring Knob rises to 625 m in West Virginia. Devils Benchmark stands 995 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Square Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31476887, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 625 m
How to reach it
- 28.6 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Three Square Knob: 1.4 mi
- Coburn Knob: 1.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Knob: 3.1 mi
- Phils Knob: 3.7 mi
- Lawn Knob: 5.1 mi
- Brighton Park: 4.6 mi
- Baker Park: 8.1 mi
- South Branch Wildlife Management Area: 8.2 mi
- Welton Park: 9.7 mi
- Mathias Community Center: 10.6 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 8.1 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 10.1 mi
- Big Spring: 12.7 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 13.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.5 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 23.1 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 23.2 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 23.2 mi
- Davis History House: 23.2 mi
- Davis History House: 23.2 mi
- Collie Grave: 16.2 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 19.3 mi
- Stony River Dam: 22.2 mi
- Stony River Dam: 22.3 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 23.1 mi
- Helmick Rock: 3.6 mi
- Baker Rocks: 7.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 10.6 mi
- Markley Rocks: 16.4 mi
- Three High Heads: 21.6 mi
- Lost River State Park: 7.7 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 23.0 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 23.6 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 24.0 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 4.0 mi
- Bryce Resort: 16.4 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 24.5 mi
- Old grape garden: 16.2 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 23.5 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 12.4 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 18.8 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 22.7 mi
- Smoke Hole: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Powder Spring Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Benchmark | SE 125° | 995 m | 11.7 mi |
| Long Mountain | ESE 116° | 951 m | 11.9 mi |
| Snyder Knob | SE 133° | 936 m | 10.0 mi |
| Elkhorn Mountain | SW 227° | 910 m | 10.0 mi |
| Elkhorn Rock | SW 227° | 910 m | 10.0 mi |
| Foremost Mountain | SSW 208° | 905 m | 14.3 mi |
| Cove Mountain | SSE 155° | 898 m | 10.7 mi |
| Tibbet Knob | SE 125° | 894 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moorefield 1 SSE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1545206 — Powder Spring Knob, Hardy County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356520404
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