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Sweet Potato Knob

Sweet Potato Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Sweet Potato Knob rises to 353 m in West Virginia. Piney Knob stands 603 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Knob, a peak 1.6 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 16 miles off. 183 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31539592, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
353 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.13287, -82.32487

183 named places within 25 miles

Artworks: 52
Parks: 51
Peaks: 41
Historic sites: 27
  • Blue Star Memorial: 19.3 mi
  • 1970 Plane Crash Memorial: 20.0 mi
  • B'nai B'rith Holocaust Memorial: 20.3 mi
  • Memorial Arch: 20.3 mi
  • Time Capsule: 20.3 mi
Museums: 7
Attractions: 3
  • C&O 1308: 20.5 mi
  • Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 20.9 mi
  • Kentucky Roots Farm: 21.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Ritter Park Rose Garden: 19.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sweet Potato Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piney KnobESE 115°603 m24.9 mi
Wet KnobSE 138°574 m23.0 mi
Antley KnobS 179°561 m17.5 mi
Cabin HillSSE 147°537 m23.5 mi
Godby KnobSE 124°523 m22.5 mi
Hoover KnobSSE 149°513 m15.7 mi
Kelly KnobS 178°461 m12.0 mi
Sheep House KnobS 177°447 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:41
June solstice06:0720:1720:56
September equinox07:1818:5319:28
December solstice07:4316:3217:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343745566471747367564638
Precip in3.93.74.54.54.84.94.63.53.73.43.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dunlow 1 SW, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356525326

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