Rush Knob
Rush Knob rises to 505 m in West Virginia. Kelly Knob stands 813 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Flag Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 7.7 miles off. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31496378, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 505 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 8.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 28.1 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 28.4 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
120 named places within 25 miles
- Flag Knob: 0.9 mi
- Pine Knob: 2.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.7 mi
- Wolf Fork Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Haystack Knob: 6.9 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 6.4 mi
- Riffle Run Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
- Burnsville City Park: 7.4 mi
- The Holt Park / Holt Family: 9.0 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 8.7 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 8.9 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 8.9 mi
- The East and West Second Street Bridge: 9.0 mi
- West Virginia & Pittsburgh Railroad Depot: 9.0 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 8.8 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 9.0 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 9.0 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 9.1 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 13.7 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 3.2 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 13.4 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 17.2 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 7.1 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 20.0 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 21.7 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 8.9 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 22.3 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 23.9 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 9.3 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 20.0 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 12.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 17.2 mi
- Bulltown: 9.4 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 15.5 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rush Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Knob | ESE 103° | 813 m | 24.7 mi |
| Hodam Mountain | SSE 160° | 808 m | 24.4 mi |
| Potato Knob | SSE 149° | 748 m | 22.9 mi |
| Church Knob | ESE 104° | 736 m | 22.5 mi |
| Big Run Knob | ESE 120° | 732 m | 17.8 mi |
| Big Mountain | S 175° | 710 m | 22.3 mi |
| Cleveland Mountain | SE 141° | 647 m | 15.9 mi |
| Deen Knob | ENE 79° | 629 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stonewall Jackson DAM, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525248
Day trips start here
- Weston · 9 mi
- Buckhannon · 18 mi
- Clarksburg · 27 mi
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