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Stevens Knob

Stevens Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Stevens Knob rises to 986 m in West Virginia. Cross Mountain stands 1,271 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Buster Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Midland Trail passes 1.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31533393, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
986 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.94928, -80.81120

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Cliffs: 36
  • Dowdy Bluff: 14.0 mi
  • Cambodia: 14.1 mi
  • Molly and Johnny Wall: 14.3 mi
  • Fifth Buttress: 14.5 mi
  • Third Buttress: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 15
Historic sites: 8
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 12.8 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 13.7 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 13.7 mi
  • Walter Scott's statue: 17.2 mi
Attractions: 8
  • The Canopy: 16.4 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 16.7 mi
  • Hank’s Last Stop: 18.5 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 20.4 mi
  • Ship Rock: 21.4 mi
Museums: 7
  • Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 19.4 mi
  • Veteran's Museum: 19.5 mi
  • Hinton Railroad Museum: 19.5 mi
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 22.8 mi
  • Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Sandstone Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Peters Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Cathedral Falls: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Brooks Falls: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 24.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Stevens Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cross MountainE 82°1,271 m12.1 mi
Bush Place KnobNE 45°1,208 m13.8 mi
Huggins KnobE 85°1,204 m13.8 mi
Keeney KnobSSE 155°1,195 m13.5 mi
Joe KnobENE 69°1,192 m13.6 mi
Pollock KnobNE 53°1,187 m11.4 mi
Red Spring MountainSSE 156°1,169 m12.8 mi
Rich KnobENE 57°1,160 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:35
June solstice06:0220:1020:50
September equinox07:1218:4719:22
December solstice07:3616:2717:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937485764676761503931
Precip in4.14.05.14.45.64.85.44.23.93.14.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1547398 — Stevens Knob, Fayette County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356521913

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