Ruble Knob
Ruble Knob rises to 406 m in West Virginia. Big Pine Knob stands 436 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31495853, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 406 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 6.4 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 23.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Hill: 2.1 mi
- Devils Tea Table: 2.9 mi
- Ball Knob: 4.7 mi
- Dave Allen Point: 5.7 mi
- Jephany Knob: 6.6 mi
- Coopers Park: 5.1 mi
- Wells Lock Public Access Site: 6.2 mi
- Sportsman's Park: 6.8 mi
- Hughes River Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Grace Community Park: 9.2 mi
- Elizabeth: 6.2 mi
- William Lowther Memorial Flag: 21.8 mi
- Steam Engine No. 898: 21.8 mi
- Lest We Forget Memorial: 21.8 mi
- Fort Boreman Magazine: 22.5 mi
- Beauchamp-Newman House: 6.2 mi
- New Era One Room School: 16.1 mi
- Veterans Museum: 21.5 mi
- Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History: 22.5 mi
- Oil & Gas Museum: 22.5 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 15.6 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 15.8 mi
- Mini Farm Figurines: 17.4 mi
- Decorative wooden bear: 21.7 mi
- Chestnut Point: 24.2 mi
- Cedarville Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Oakland: 21.8 mi
- Quincy Park: 22.2 mi
- McDonough Wildlife Refuge: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Ruble Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Knob | ESE 110° | 436 m | 24.2 mi |
| King Knob | ENE 57° | 412 m | 20.3 mi |
| Desert Knob | SSE 159° | 400 m | 20.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | SE 143° | 393 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cabbage Knob | E 100° | 390 m | 13.5 mi |
| Buzzard Rocks | N 5° | 388 m | 17.3 mi |
| King Knob | ENE 59° | 386 m | 15.3 mi |
| King Rocks | S 169° | 382 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Creston, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1558385 — Ruble Knob, Wirt County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356527884
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