Spruce Knob
Spruce Knob rises to 1,482 m in West Virginia. Pharis Knob stands 1,410 m to the west-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Mountain Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 15 miles off.
The story
Spruce Mountain, located in eastern West Virginia, is the highest ridge of the Allegheny Mountains. The whale-backed ridge extends for only 16 miles (26 km) from northeast to southwest, but several of its peaks exceed 4,500 feet (1,400 m) in elevation. The summit, Spruce Knob (4,863 ft; 1,482 m), is the highest point both in West Virginia and in the entire Allegheny range, which spans four states.
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Wikidata Q1815535, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1482 m
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 16.3 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 18.8 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 19.0 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nelson Rocks: 3.6 mi
- Hunting Ground Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Judy Rocks: 3.8 mi
- Horse Rock: 4.1 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area: 9.9 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 11.7 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 11.8 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 12.9 mi
- Ruddle Park: 13.1 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 0.9 mi
- Locust Spring: 9.9 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 15.4 mi
- Pat Spring: 15.7 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 16.2 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 8.9 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 16.1 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 16.7 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 18.2 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 19.3 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 12.6 mi
- Sites Homestead: 12.7 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 20.0 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 20.9 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 23.1 mi
- Southern Pillar: 12.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 12.8 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 12.8 mi
- Lower Slabs: 13.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 13.3 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 4.8 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 17.2 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Wilson Monument: 21.3 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 23.2 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 4.9 mi
- Small waterfall: 5.1 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 8.5 mi
- High Falls: 14.1 mi
- Gertrude: 13.8 mi
- Smoke Hole: 17.3 mi
- Stringtown: 20.2 mi
- Mill Run: 21.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 9.9 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 17.8 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 23.4 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 17.4 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 22.4 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Spruce Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharis Knob | WNW 299° | 1,410 m | 5.9 mi |
| Kile Knob | SSE 155° | 1,395 m | 6.4 mi |
| Horse Rock | NNE 25° | 1,374 m | 4.1 mi |
| Panther Knob | SSE 168° | 1,371 m | 9.6 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | S 180° | 1,370 m | 10.1 mi |
| Job Knob | N 3° | 1,353 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | W 271° | 1,339 m | 7.0 mi |
| Pike Knob | ESE 113° | 1,308 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524452
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