Slate Lick Knob
Slate Lick Knob rises to 511 m in West Virginia. Black Rock stands 963 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hanging Rocks, a cliff 3.0 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31522304, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 511 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 13.8 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
- 15.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 19.3 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Banner's Overlook · 20 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Monroe Run Valley · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mineral County Fairgrounds: 5.9 mi
- Fort Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Springfield Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi
- Hampshire Park: 8.4 mi
- Peterkin Camp and Conference Center: 8.6 mi
- Horseshoe Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Martins Hill: 7.6 mi
- Valley Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Rock Hill: 8.5 mi
- Piney Hill: 8.6 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Gary A Yoder Fish Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Fort Hill Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 9.0 mi
- McCoole Fish Management Area: 10.9 mi
- Dan's Rock Fire Tower: 12.4 mi
- Davis History House: 5.8 mi
- Literary Hall: 5.8 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 5.9 mi
- The Irvin Allen/Michael Cresap Museum: 12.6 mi
- Westernport Heritage Society Museum: 14.2 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 5.7 mi
- Masonry Overfall: 10.4 mi
- Steam Pump: 10.8 mi
- First Toll Gate House: 15.3 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 4.7 mi
- eroded outcropping: 18.9 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 24.0 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 24.0 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 3.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.8 mi
- St Johns rock scenic overlook: 19.3 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 5.8 mi
- River Beach: 6.3 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 17.4 mi
- Mountain View: 18.7 mi
- Art: 17.8 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 18.8 mi
- Frankville: 20.7 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Slate Lick Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock | WSW 252° | 963 m | 18.0 mi |
| Pinnacle | W 260° | 950 m | 15.7 mi |
| Dans Rock | NNW 333° | 883 m | 12.4 mi |
| Nathaniel Mountain | S 181° | 839 m | 14.7 mi |
| Wolf Rock | NW 325° | 832 m | 11.8 mi |
| Fairview | WNW 303° | 823 m | 11.3 mi |
| Piney Mountain | S 176° | 802 m | 14.4 mi |
| High Knob | SSW 201° | 796 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:13 | 16:56 |
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 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romney 1 SW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525279
Day trips start here
- Grantsville · 27 mi
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