Rough Knob
Rough Knob rises to 1,184 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31494277, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1184 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 1.7 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 6.2 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 9.4 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 8 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fork Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Smoke Camp Knob: 0.9 mi
- Frank Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Grassy Knob: 2.8 mi
- Burner Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 1.3 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
- Widney Park: 5.0 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 8.3 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 3.1 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Powerhouse: 14.5 mi
- Boiler House: 14.5 mi
- Cass: 15.0 mi
- Locust Spring: 4.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 7.2 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 13.8 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 22.3 mi
- Pat Spring: 22.5 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 9.3 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 9.4 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 11.8 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 15.5 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 23.2 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 13.3 mi
- High Falls: 16.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 19.0 mi
- Small waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 22.4 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 9.7 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 11.7 mi
- Highland County Museum: 18.9 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 22.1 mi
- Locust Springs: 4.8 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 18.1 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 8.7 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 21.3 mi
- Raven Rocks: 20.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 22.5 mi
- Gertrude: 9.3 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Rough Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | NE 43° | 1,482 m | 14.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | WSW 240° | 1,476 m | 13.4 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | WSW 256° | 1,433 m | 14.1 mi |
| Snyder Knob | W 267° | 1,432 m | 13.4 mi |
| Pharis Knob | NNE 20° | 1,410 m | 14.3 mi |
| Elleber Knob | S 182° | 1,401 m | 8.7 mi |
| Watering Pond Knob | S 175° | 1,396 m | 7.8 mi |
| Kile Knob | ENE 69° | 1,395 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524375
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