Swisher Knob
Swisher Knob rises to 844 m in West Virginia. Cow Knob stands 1,231 m to the east-southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Dunkle Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31539951, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 844 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dunkle Knob: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Siple Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Trumble Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Nesselrod Knob: 2.7 mi
- Ruddle Park: 4.2 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 7.7 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 9.2 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 10.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 6.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 10.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 10.0 mi
- Lower Slabs: 10.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 10.4 mi
- Hall Spring: 8.2 mi
- Sand Spring: 9.2 mi
- Maple Spring: 15.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 17.8 mi
- Beaver Creek Spring: 22.6 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 9.3 mi
- Bryce Resort: 24.8 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 15.5 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 15.7 mi
- Small waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Lost River State Park: 20.9 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 22.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 24.3 mi
- Smoke Hole: 8.4 mi
- Stringtown: 21.6 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 10.3 mi
- Sites Homestead: 10.4 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 15.2 mi
- Fallen Solider Tribute: 24.9 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 15.0 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Swisher Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cow Knob | ESE 119° | 1,231 m | 7.8 mi |
| Rader Mountain | SE 140° | 1,067 m | 10.1 mi |
| Fulk Mountain | SE 124° | 1,056 m | 9.9 mi |
| Black Lick Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,040 m | 8.9 mi |
| Rader Knob | ESE 109° | 1,019 m | 8.8 mi |
| Spring Mountain | NNE 31° | 951 m | 5.8 mi |
| Pond Range Mountain | WSW 239° | 951 m | 10.0 mi |
| Turkey Knob | SSW 199° | 948 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524485
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