Thorny Knob
Thorny Knob rises to 878 m in West Virginia. Job Knob stands 1,324 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Dad Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31554279, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 878 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 16.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 21.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Long Point Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 27 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 27 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dad Knob: 1.3 mi
- Tanner Knob: 1.9 mi
- Beech Knob: 5.1 mi
- Laurel Knob: 5.1 mi
- Potato Hole Knob: 5.6 mi
- Richwood Roadside Park: 2.6 mi
- Richwood Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Sterling Spencer Memorial Sculpture Garden: 5.7 mi
- Summersville Lake Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 6.4 mi
- Indian Rocks Community Park: 7.1 mi
- Circus Wall: 10.9 mi
- Orange Oswald Wall: 11.0 mi
- Narcissus Cave: 11.1 mi
- Satisfaction Wall: 11.2 mi
- Long Wall: 11.2 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 5.9 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 16.7 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 16.8 mi
- Lower Falls of Hills Creek: 16.9 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 21.3 mi
- McClung: 14.0 mi
- Walker Hill: 14.5 mi
- Bryant: 15.3 mi
- Fairview: 17.1 mi
- Mill Run: 24.1 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 5.6 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 11.8 mi
- Bubble Cave Preserve: 23.1 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 11.8 mi
- Beartown State Park: 23.2 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 19.1 mi
- Hillsboro: 24.1 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 6.0 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 12.5 mi
- Locust Creek Spring: 22.3 mi
- Pearl S Buck Birthplace: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Thorny Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Knob | SSE 153° | 1,324 m | 11.5 mi |
| Cold Knob | SE 143° | 1,314 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mikes Knob | E 92° | 1,297 m | 14.7 mi |
| Little Beech Knob | SSE 164° | 1,255 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bee Knob | SE 129° | 1,231 m | 14.7 mi |
| Blue Knob | SE 131° | 1,227 m | 11.2 mi |
| Bearwallow Knob | E 96° | 1,227 m | 12.6 mi |
| Manning Knob | SE 129° | 1,210 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:25 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richwood 1sse, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525346
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