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Signal Knob

Signal Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Signal Knob rises to 331 m in West Virginia. Blue Knob stands 420 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Volley Ball Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31519522, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
331 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.44426, -82.05819

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Volley Ball Park: 2.1 mi
  • Jarel Sargent Park: 3.7 mi
  • Hurricane City Park: 3.8 mi
  • April Dawn Park: 4.1 mi
  • Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
Artworks: 53
Historic sites: 33
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 13.0 mi
  • 1970 Plane Crash Memorial: 19.6 mi
  • John Marshall: 20.2 mi
  • The Marshall Beech Tree: 20.2 mi
Peaks: 26
Museums: 7
Gardens: 3
  • Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Ritter Park Rose Garden: 20.9 mi
  • East End Community Gardens: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Indian Rock: 12.5 mi
  • Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 19.6 mi
  • C&O 1308: 22.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Signal Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue KnobSSE 164°420 m21.4 mi
Buck KnobSSE 153°412 m17.9 mi
Bald KnobE 90°381 m24.7 mi
Turkeycamp KnobSW 218°380 m22.1 mi
Stowers KnobS 182°378 m14.9 mi
Mays KnobSW 220°374 m21.1 mi
Flag KnobSSW 211°368 m16.9 mi
Squirrel KnobSW 215°368 m19.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:40
June solstice06:0520:1720:56
September equinox07:1718:5219:27
December solstice07:4316:3017:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744556472767569574638
Precip in2.72.93.73.24.13.64.33.72.92.72.63.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winfield Locks, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356521518

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