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Town Creek Knob

Town Creek Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Town Creek Knob rises to 842 m in West Virginia. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Lick Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 7.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31559816, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
842 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.94178, -81.29538

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 56
  • Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
  • Graney Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
  • Collins Park: 7.8 mi
  • Old Collins Middle: 7.9 mi
  • Oak Hill City Park: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • Dowdy Bluff: 13.6 mi
  • Bridge Buttress: 14.8 mi
  • Fern Point Area: 14.9 mi
  • Party Buttress Area: 14.9 mi
  • Endless Wall: 15.1 mi
Historic sites: 10
Attractions: 6
  • Hank’s Last Stop: 7.9 mi
  • The Canopy: 10.2 mi
  • Ship Rock: 13.9 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 14.9 mi
  • Vanbibbers Rock: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cathedral Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Peters Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 24.8 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 24.8 mi
Museums: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 18.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Town Creek Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy KnobSW 225°1,083 m15.1 mi
Walnut KnobE 98°1,049 m19.3 mi
Pilot KnobSW 229°1,037 m15.8 mi
Pond KnobWSW 244°1,011 m8.1 mi
Coal River MountainWSW 239°1,009 m7.5 mi
Kopperston MountainSW 231°993 m17.8 mi
Lick KnobWNW 300°989 m0.8 mi
High KnobS 189°976 m1.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0319:37
June solstice06:0420:1220:52
September equinox07:1418:4919:24
December solstice07:3816:2917:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536168717065544436
Precip in3.53.34.24.25.15.54.64.13.72.92.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Hill, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1555817 — Town Creek Knob (historical), Fayette County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356525352

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