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Slate Lick Knob

Slate Lick Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Slate Lick Knob rises to 1,035 m in West Virginia. Thorny Benchmark stands 1,481 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Allendale Nursery, a garden 1.4 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31522319, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1035 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.27734, -79.85311

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 19
  • Cass Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 8.9 mi
  • Cass Historical District: 8.9 mi
  • Whitaker Station Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 10.4 mi
  • Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 12.5 mi
  • Community Wellness Center: 13.7 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Cass: 8.9 mi
  • Boiler House: 9.0 mi
  • Powerhouse: 9.1 mi
  • Bath County Veterans Memorial: 16.4 mi
  • Camp Bartow Historic Site: 18.5 mi
Springs: 8
  • Bolar Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Muddy Spring Run: 13.0 mi
  • Blowing Springs: 14.5 mi
  • Grose Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Cool Spring: 21.0 mi
Museums: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 17.5 mi
  • Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 17.7 mi
  • Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 19.4 mi
  • Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Allendale Nursery: 1.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • High Falls of Cheat: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Slate Lick Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thorny BenchmarkNW 317°1,481 m11.1 mi
Cheat MountainNW 324°1,481 m13.9 mi
Bald KnobNNW 340°1,476 m12.5 mi
Mace KnobNW 324°1,425 m14.7 mi
Elleber KnobNE 36°1,401 m12.1 mi
Watering Pond KnobNE 36°1,396 m13.4 mi
Gay KnobWNW 283°1,386 m12.1 mi
Paddy KnobESE 104°1,365 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:32
June solstice05:5720:0720:47
September equinox07:0818:4319:18
December solstice07:3316:2217:03

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273037475663676761504031
Precip in3.53.04.54.25.25.14.43.63.93.13.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frost 3NE, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356524437

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