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Sumac Knob

Sumac Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Sumac Knob rises to 1,134 m in West Virginia. Grassy Knob stands 1,332 m to the east, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Brier Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Midland Trail passes 4.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31537430, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1134 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.05151, -80.67675

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 42
  • Quinwood Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
  • Rupert Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
  • Rupert City Park: 5.9 mi
  • Mundy Park: 6.4 mi
  • Rainelle Town Park: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 37
  • Cambodia: 13.9 mi
  • Molly and Johnny Wall: 14.0 mi
  • Fifth Buttress: 14.1 mi
  • Fourth Buttress: 14.3 mi
  • Third Buttress: 14.4 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Waterfalls: 8
Attractions: 5
  • Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 14.3 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 16.3 mi
  • Lost World Caverns: 19.6 mi
  • Bubble Cave Preserve: 19.6 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 21.8 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 21.0 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 21.8 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 22.4 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • North Bend Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 14.6 mi
Museums: 1
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Locust Creek Spring: 23.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Sumac Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grassy KnobE 84°1,332 m9.8 mi
Job KnobENE 75°1,324 m7.6 mi
Cold KnobE 86°1,314 m11.0 mi
Cross MountainSE 139°1,271 m7.2 mi
Beech KnobNE 43°1,261 m5.7 mi
Little Beech KnobNE 44°1,255 m6.2 mi
Blue KnobENE 65°1,227 m11.6 mi
Wildcat KnobNE 43°1,223 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice06:0120:1020:50
September equinox07:1118:4719:21
December solstice07:3616:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356525316

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