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Rich Knob

Rich Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Rich Knob rises to 1,160 m in West Virginia. Grassy Knob stands 1,332 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Creek Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Midland Trail passes 3.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31488087, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1160 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.01845, -80.67398

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 43
  • Quinwood Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
  • Rupert Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
  • Rupert City Park: 3.6 mi
  • Mundy Park: 4.1 mi
  • Rainelle Town Park: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 37
  • Cambodia: 15.2 mi
  • Molly and Johnny Wall: 15.3 mi
  • Fifth Buttress: 15.4 mi
  • Fourth Buttress: 15.6 mi
  • Third Buttress: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Attractions: 7
  • Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 16.1 mi
  • Lost World Caverns: 17.8 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 18.3 mi
  • Bubble Cave Preserve: 19.3 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Historic sites: 4
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 20.6 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 21.5 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 21.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • North Bend Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Brooks Falls: 24.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 16.4 mi
Museums: 1
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 19.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Locust Creek Spring: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Rich Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grassy KnobENE 71°1,332 m10.2 mi
Job KnobENE 59°1,324 m8.3 mi
Cold KnobENE 74°1,314 m11.2 mi
Cross MountainSE 125°1,271 m5.5 mi
Beech KnobNNE 30°1,261 m7.5 mi
Little Beech KnobNNE 32°1,255 m7.9 mi
Blue KnobNE 56°1,227 m12.6 mi
Wildcat KnobNNE 28°1,223 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice06:0120:1020:49
September equinox07:1118:4719:21
December solstice07:3616:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937485764676761503931
Precip in4.14.05.14.45.64.85.44.23.93.14.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356525229

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