River Knob
River Knob rises to 697 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the west, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Skidmore Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31489681, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 697 m
How to reach it
- 27.6 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 28.8 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 29.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Skidmore Mountain: 1.2 mi
- North Fork Peak: 1.4 mi
- Champe Knobs: 1.8 mi
- Champe Rocks: 2.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 3.1 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Echo Park: 5.7 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 8.9 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 10.9 mi
- Hall Spring: 21.0 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 21.1 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 21.4 mi
- Sand Spring: 21.6 mi
- Eagle Rock: 7.2 mi
- Lower Slabs: 7.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 7.6 mi
- Southern Pillar: 7.7 mi
- Baker Rocks: 15.0 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 12.9 mi
- Small waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 15.9 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 16.2 mi
- Elakala Falls: 16.4 mi
- Smoke Hole: 5.0 mi
- Stringtown: 10.4 mi
- Mill Run: 14.7 mi
- Kempton: 21.7 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 12.5 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 16.8 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 17.1 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 20.0 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 10.2 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Lost River State Park: 21.5 mi
- Stony River Dam: 14.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 15.7 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 18.3 mi
- Sites Homestead: 7.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 7.8 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 20.7 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of River Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | W 270° | 1,452 m | 8.6 mi |
| Green Knob | WSW 255° | 1,424 m | 8.2 mi |
| Haystack Knob | WSW 258° | 1,376 m | 7.8 mi |
| Weiss Knob | WNW 302° | 1,359 m | 8.4 mi |
| Job Knob | WSW 251° | 1,353 m | 12.8 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | WSW 258° | 1,348 m | 12.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 308° | 1,332 m | 8.9 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | NW 309° | 1,331 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petersburg, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1552669 — River Knob, Grant County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524344
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