Sweet Potato Knob
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. 157 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 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
- 15.7 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
157 named places within 25 miles
- East Lynn Lake Wildlife Management Area: 3.1 mi
- Twelvepole Valley Athletic Park: 8.6 mi
- Wayne Park: 9.0 mi
- Zen Way Park: 13.3 mi
- Fort Gay Veterans Memorial Park: 14.0 mi
- Giant Elephant: 18.8 mi
- Vision of Corinth: 18.9 mi
- Reggio: 18.9 mi
- Owl No. 4: 18.9 mi
- Pedogna II: 18.9 mi
- Buck Knob: 1.6 mi
- Saddle Knob: 3.5 mi
- Turkeycamp Knob: 4.1 mi
- Porter Knob: 5.0 mi
- Windy Oak Knob: 5.1 mi
- 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
- Museum of Radio & Technology: 20.2 mi
- The Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Museum: 20.6 mi
- Touma Museum of Medicine: 21.0 mi
- Taylor Auto Collections: 21.1 mi
- Ceredo Historical Society Museum: 22.1 mi
- C&O 1308: 20.5 mi
- Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 20.9 mi
- Kentucky Roots Farm: 21.6 mi
- Ritter Park Rose Garden: 19.9 mi
- Chief Logan State Park: 23.5 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Knob | ESE 115° | 603 m | 24.9 mi |
| Wet Knob | SE 138° | 574 m | 23.0 mi |
| Antley Knob | S 179° | 561 m | 17.5 mi |
| Cabin Hill | SSE 147° | 537 m | 23.5 mi |
| Godby Knob | SE 124° | 523 m | 22.5 mi |
| Hoover Knob | SSE 149° | 513 m | 15.7 mi |
| Kelly Knob | S 178° | 461 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sheep House Knob | S 177° | 447 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:17 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dunlow 1 SW, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525326
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- Huntington · 21 mi
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