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Smoke Camp Knob

Smoke Camp Knob rises to 1,290 m in West Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 1.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31523194, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1290 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.55345, -79.70422

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 23
Historic sites: 10
  • Camp Bartow Historic Site: 3.9 mi
  • Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • Powerhouse: 15.4 mi
  • Boiler House: 15.4 mi
  • Cass: 15.8 mi
Springs: 9
  • Locust Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Cool Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Spruce Mountain Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Pat Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Rock Lick Spring: 22.0 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 9.2 mi
  • Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 9.4 mi
  • Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 11.8 mi
  • Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 15.2 mi
  • Seneca Caverns: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Museums: 4
  • NRAO Science Center: 10.5 mi
  • Charles P. Jones Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Highland County Museum: 18.9 mi
  • Randolph County Museum: 21.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Allendale Nursery: 20.6 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce KnobNE 42°1,482 m13.7 mi
Bald KnobWSW 239°1,476 m14.3 mi
Beech Flat KnobWSW 255°1,433 m14.9 mi
Snyder KnobW 265°1,432 m14.1 mi
Pharis KnobNNE 18°1,410 m13.6 mi
Elleber KnobS 186°1,401 m9.3 mi
Watering Pond KnobS 181°1,396 m8.3 mi
Kile KnobENE 70°1,395 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5620:0720:47
September equinox07:0718:4319:18
December solstice07:3416:2017:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936475664676660493830
Precip in3.43.04.13.84.93.94.13.63.52.92.93.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356524441

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