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Ranker Knob

Ranker Knob rises to 367 m in Ohio. Chapel Hill stands 415 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Beatty Knob, a peak 7.0 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34900603, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
367 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.79813, -81.30095

Overlooks nearby

75 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 21
Parks: 18
  • Monroe Lake State Wildlife Area: 8.4 mi
  • Monroe County Fairgrounds: 10.6 mi
  • Wolf Run State Park: 12.6 mi
  • Lamping Homestead Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
  • Balle Valley Park: 13.2 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Shenandoah Crash Site #1 Memorial: 12.9 mi
  • Shenandoah Crash Site #2 Memorial: 14.7 mi
  • Shenandoah Crash Site #3 Memorial: 16.0 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 17.4 mi
  • Artifact from World Trade Center: 21.7 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Museums: 5
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lower Piatt Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Upper Piatt Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Raven Rocks Falls: 14.9 mi
Attractions: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Irish Run Natural Bridge: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Horsemans Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chapel HillNE 48°415 m21.8 mi
Galloway KnobNE 50°414 m22.9 mi
Buck KnobSE 127°409 m23.7 mi
Kanzigg HillE 79°398 m22.2 mi
High HillW 276°389 m24.9 mi
Cool HillNE 55°388 m19.7 mi
Boston HillESE 113°379 m24.5 mi
Beatty KnobWNW 299°370 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:37
June solstice05:5820:1720:58
September equinox07:1318:4819:24
December solstice07:4416:2217:04

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293240516168727164534334

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Caldwell 3SE, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357484300

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