Round Knob
Round Knob rises to 1,202 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lynn Knob, a peak 2.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 5.9 miles off. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31494509, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,202 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 7.0 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 7.2 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 7.2 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
134 named places within 25 miles
- Lynn Knob: 2.2 mi
- Burner Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Bayard Knob: 4.1 mi
- Beech Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Colaw Knob: 4.8 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 5.4 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 5.5 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 5.7 mi
- Widney Park: 7.4 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 7.3 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 15.7 mi
- Wilson Monument: 17.8 mi
- Powerhouse: 18.9 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 15.1 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 15.6 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 18.0 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 20.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 24.0 mi
- Locust Spring: 6.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 6.7 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 11.5 mi
- Pat Spring: 16.0 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 16.5 mi
- High Falls: 9.3 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 15.2 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 15.4 mi
- Small waterfall: 15.6 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 18.3 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 15.1 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 15.6 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 18.0 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 20.7 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 20.9 mi
- Raven Rocks: 17.8 mi
- Southern Pillar: 24.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 24.3 mi
- Lower Slabs: 24.4 mi
- Locust Springs: 6.6 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 20.4 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 23.9 mi
- Gertrude: 3.1 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 5.4 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Round Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spruce Knob | ENE 70° | 1,482 m | 12.1 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | SW 231° | 1,433 m | 15.7 mi |
| Snyder Knob | WSW 239° | 1,432 m | 13.9 mi |
| Pharis Knob | NE 42° | 1,410 m | 9.4 mi |
| Elleber Knob | S 176° | 1,401 m | 15.2 mi |
| Watering Pond Knob | S 172° | 1,396 m | 14.4 mi |
| Kile Knob | E 97° | 1,395 m | 14.2 mi |
| Ward Knob | SW 234° | 1,385 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524376
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