Snyder Knob
Snyder Knob rises to 1,432 m in West Virginia. Cheat Mountain stands 1,481 m to the south-southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ward Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Back Mountain Backway passes 6.6 miles off. 105 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
Wikidata Q31523670, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,432 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 6.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 6.9 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 10.3 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 17 mi
105 named places within 25 miles
- Ward Knob: 1.4 mi
- Crouch Knob: 2.4 mi
- Beech Flat Knob: 2.7 mi
- Rich Knob: 3.0 mi
- Tygart Valley North: 5.0 mi
- Beckys Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
- Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 6.4 mi
- Widney Park: 8.4 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 8.4 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 9.0 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Powerhouse: 9.8 mi
- Boiler House: 9.9 mi
- Cass: 10.0 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 10.3 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 2.9 mi
- High Falls: 19.1 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 21.8 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 23.0 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 17.3 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 20.5 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 21.3 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 22.4 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 10.8 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 21.6 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 22.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 7.3 mi
- Locust Spring: 17.6 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 9.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 10.0 mi
- Locust Springs: 17.7 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Snyder Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheat Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,481 m | 6.9 mi |
| Thorny Benchmark | S 189° | 1,481 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 164° | 1,476 m | 6.4 mi |
| Tygart Valley North | SSW 201° | 1,457 m | 5.0 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | S 187° | 1,433 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mace Knob | SSW 204° | 1,425 m | 6.5 mi |
| Elleber Knob | ESE 122° | 1,401 m | 15.3 mi |
| Gauley Mountain | SW 228° | 1,397 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:08 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 30 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 58 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kumbrabow, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1552956 — Snyder Knob, Randolph County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524443
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