Tank Hill
Tank Hill rises to 300 m in West Virginia. Moss Knob stands 555 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Presidents Wall, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway runs past it. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31545788, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 300 m
How to reach it
- On the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 6.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
100 named places within 25 miles
- Powell Knob: 2.6 mi
- Big Pine Knob: 4.1 mi
- Flag Knob: 5.1 mi
- Locust Knob: 8.5 mi
- Barnes Knob: 10.5 mi
- Glenville City Square: 0.4 mi
- Hersmans Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- Burnsville City Park: 10.8 mi
- Riffle Run Recreation Area: 13.5 mi
- Calhoun County Park: 15.0 mi
- Presidents Wall: 0.1 mi
- Smith-Bush Farm: 2.7 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 4.6 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 5.6 mi
- Gilmer County: 8.0 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 4.0 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 18.1 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 17.5 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 21.1 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 0.1 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 12.7 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Bulltown: 17.6 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 20.8 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tank Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Knob | ESE 109° | 555 m | 23.5 mi |
| Big Knob | ESE 104° | 551 m | 24.5 mi |
| Cochran Knob | ESE 113° | 551 m | 24.5 mi |
| Wilson Knob | E 99° | 546 m | 24.5 mi |
| Coon Knob | S 173° | 542 m | 22.4 mi |
| Handkerchief Knob | E 101° | 533 m | 23.0 mi |
| Fisher Knob | SSE 149° | 531 m | 17.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 89° | 526 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:13 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:23 | 17:05 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenville, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356532223
Day trips start here
- Weston · 21 mi
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