Shockeys Knob
Shockeys Knob rises to 567 m in West Virginia. Pinnacle stands 864 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31517867, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 567 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 10.1 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 23.1 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Overlook · 16 mi
- Devils Nose · 16 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 19 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Reynolds Store Neighborhood Park: 3.8 mi
- North Mountain Paintball: 5.7 mi
- Community Fishing Holes: 6.8 mi
- Gainesboro Neighborhood Park: 8.2 mi
- Mill Creek Historic District: 10.1 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.5 mi
- High Rock: 1.8 mi
- Sleepy Creek Mountain: 4.9 mi
- North Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Grave Hill: 6.5 mi
- Willa Cather Birthplace: 9.9 mi
- Captain John Kearney: 13.9 mi
- Prospect Rock: 14.6 mi
- Adam Stephen Monument: 14.6 mi
- Timbrook Park: 14.7 mi
- Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 8.5 mi
- Capon Bridge Museum: 12.7 mi
- Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters: 14.3 mi
- Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: 14.4 mi
- Old Court House Civil War Museum: 14.7 mi
- Welcome Pineapple: 12.9 mi
- Stars and Stripes Apple Statue: 13.8 mi
- An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 13.9 mi
- White House Apple Statue: 13.9 mi
- Bites of Local Life Apple Statue: 13.9 mi
- Cacapon Resort State Park: 10.5 mi
- Red Bud Run: 15.6 mi
- Eidolon Nature Preserve: 16.5 mi
- Aaron Straus Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 18.7 mi
- Cool Spring Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 2.5 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 8.3 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 8.3 mi
- Captain's Quarters: 19.3 mi
- Junior Officer's Quarters: 19.3 mi
- Neglar Spring: 5.3 mi
- Natural Spring: 8.5 mi
- A natural spring at the Central Trail: 8.8 mi
- Town Spring: 14.3 mi
- Lord Fairfax Spring: 16.3 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 8.2 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 11.9 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 22.6 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 22.8 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 24.4 mi
- Beach 2: 7.5 mi
- Beach 1: 7.6 mi
- Beach 3: 7.9 mi
- River Beach: 23.8 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 15.8 mi
- Mountain Falls: 19.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.9 mi
- Dog Cliff: 24.5 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Shockeys Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle | SSW 213° | 864 m | 20.4 mi |
| High Point | WNW 300° | 789 m | 7.3 mi |
| Spring Gap Mountain | WNW 289° | 679 m | 14.3 mi |
| Cacapon 2 | NNW 336° | 673 m | 10.9 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | WSW 240° | 617 m | 18.4 mi |
| Bens Knob | WSW 240° | 617 m | 18.4 mi |
| Dillons Mountain | SW 230° | 584 m | 20.9 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | SSW 213° | 581 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:11 | 16:53 |
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 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525268
Day trips start here
- Martinsburg · 15 mi
- Hedgesville · 17 mi
- Hancock · 22 mi
- Shepherdstown · 23 mi
- Sharpsburg · 26 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 27 mi
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