Sugarloaf Knob
Sugarloaf Knob rises to 647 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Phils Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Mountain Maryland Byway passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31536436, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 647 m
How to reach it
- 26.1 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Phils Knob: 1.4 mi
- Coburn Knob: 1.7 mi
- Lawn Knob: 2.5 mi
- Powder Spring Knob: 3.1 mi
- Three Square Knob: 4.4 mi
- Brighton Park: 4.7 mi
- South Branch Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Baker Park: 8.2 mi
- Welton Park: 10.8 mi
- Day Park: 11.0 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 10.4 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 10.6 mi
- Big Spring: 12.4 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 14.1 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 14.9 mi
- Helmick Rock: 6.8 mi
- Baker Rocks: 9.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 10.7 mi
- Markley Rocks: 18.4 mi
- Three High Heads: 21.5 mi
- Collie Grave: 18.0 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 20.0 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 20.1 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 20.1 mi
- Stony River Dam: 21.4 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 3.3 mi
- Bryce Resort: 19.2 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 21.6 mi
- Lost River State Park: 10.8 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 23.4 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 20.2 mi
- Davis History House: 20.3 mi
- Literary Hall: 20.3 mi
- Old grape garden: 18.0 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 24.9 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 15.0 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 19.7 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Sugarloaf Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,006 m | 16.2 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | SE 136° | 995 m | 13.7 mi |
| Long Mountain | SE 128° | 951 m | 13.5 mi |
| Snyder Knob | SE 144° | 936 m | 12.3 mi |
| Elkhorn Rock | SW 217° | 910 m | 12.4 mi |
| Elkhorn Mountain | SW 217° | 910 m | 12.4 mi |
| Cove Mountain | SSE 161° | 898 m | 13.6 mi |
| Tibbet Knob | SE 135° | 894 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moorefield 1 SSE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356522001
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