Thorn Knob
Thorn Knob rises to 887 m in West Virginia. Weiss Knob stands 1,359 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasant Mountain, a peak 4.6 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31554100, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 887 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 14.1 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 17.9 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 19.6 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Belington City Park: 5.5 mi
- Bluegrass Park: 9.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
- College Street Park: 9.7 mi
- Elkins City Park: 9.8 mi
- Pleasant Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Polecat Knob: 5.9 mi
- Bearlick Knob: 5.9 mi
- Texas Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Pifer Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 7.0 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 14.9 mi
- Pat Spring: 15.5 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 15.6 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 21.5 mi
- Douglas Falls: 18.7 mi
- Albert Falls: 18.7 mi
- Elakala Falls: 19.6 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 20.5 mi
- High Falls: 21.0 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 10.0 mi
- Wilson Monument: 12.8 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 19.0 mi
- Upshur War Monument: 20.6 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 10.1 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 11.4 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 15.8 mi
- Generation Museum: 21.8 mi
- Mill Run: 17.3 mi
- Stringtown: 21.5 mi
- Kempton: 22.3 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 9.7 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 20.6 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 16.6 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 19.9 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 13.6 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Thorn Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weiss Knob | ESE 102° | 1,359 m | 23.7 mi |
| Job Knob | SE 127° | 1,353 m | 22.8 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | ESE 124° | 1,348 m | 22.0 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 100° | 1,332 m | 23.6 mi |
| Haines Knob | SE 133° | 1,299 m | 20.7 mi |
| High Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,287 m | 23.1 mi |
| Pointy Knob | E 98° | 1,265 m | 19.6 mi |
| Canaan Mountain | E 98° | 1,265 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belington, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1553582 — Thorn Knob, Barbour County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524600
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 21 mi
- Grafton · 21 mi
- Bridgeport · 26 mi
- Kingwood · 29 mi
- Clarksburg · 30 mi
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