Rattlesnake Knob
Rattlesnake Knob rises to 601 m in West Virginia. Burning Rock stands 912 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Chief Logan State Park, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q31485029, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 601 m
How to reach it
70 named places within 25 miles
- Wet Knob: 2.7 mi
- Cabin Hill: 5.1 mi
- Godby Knob: 5.7 mi
- Blair Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Brushy Point: 8.0 mi
- Buffalo Creek Memoral Park: 10.8 mi
- Man Youth Sports Complex: 10.9 mi
- Laurel Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.0 mi
- Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area: 12.8 mi
- Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area: 15.0 mi
- Man WV War Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Tridelphia Vietnam War Memorial: 11.0 mi
- John Cooke Marker: 23.7 mi
- Wyoming County Veterns Memorial: 24.0 mi
- Matewan Depot: 19.3 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 23.3 mi
- Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 22.4 mi
- Big Branch Day Use Area: 22.4 mi
- Chief Logan State Park: 2.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rattlesnake Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Rock | SE 126° | 912 m | 20.4 mi |
| Panther Knob | ESE 116° | 866 m | 22.9 mi |
| Cherry Pond Mountain | E 94° | 843 m | 23.9 mi |
| Huff Mountain | ESE 120° | 835 m | 21.0 mi |
| Spring Mountain | E 99° | 813 m | 19.5 mi |
| Cook Mountain | E 91° | 773 m | 22.0 mi |
| Horsepen Mountain | S 179° | 763 m | 15.7 mi |
| Coon Knob | S 173° | 741 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555441 — Rattlesnake Knob, Logan County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356525223
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