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Slate Lick Knob

Slate Lick Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates39.42259, -78.79002

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 14
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 5.8 mi
  • River Beach: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Art: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 22.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Slate Lick Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black RockWSW 252°963 m18.0 mi
PinnacleW 260°950 m15.7 mi
Dans RockNNW 333°883 m12.4 mi
Nathaniel MountainS 181°839 m14.7 mi
Wolf RockNW 325°832 m11.8 mi
FairviewWNW 303°823 m11.3 mi
Piney MountainS 176°802 m14.4 mi
High KnobSSW 201°796 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:27
June solstice05:4920:0620:46
September equinox07:0318:3919:14
December solstice07:3316:1316:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441526270747265544334
Precip in2.42.23.23.43.83.64.73.73.62.82.22.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romney 1 SW, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356525279

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