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.
The story
mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31494509, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1202 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
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 6 mi
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
- Raven Rocks: 17.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 23.4 mi
- Southern Pillar: 24.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 24.3 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 24.3 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
- 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 16.3 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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