Town Creek Knob
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
- 7.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 13.0 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 12 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Kanawha Falls · 15 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lick Knob: 0.8 mi
- High Knob: 1.4 mi
- Paint Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Hodge Knob: 2.3 mi
- Flag Knob: 4.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- Coal Miner Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 9.5 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 12.7 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 12.8 mi
- Constable Silas Frank Nance Memorial Site: 13.1 mi
- Thurmond: 11.7 mi
- Stonewall: 12.1 mi
- Pinepoca: 13.8 mi
- Kay Moor: 14.5 mi
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District: 15.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 12.0 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 12.1 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 12.1 mi
- Needleseye Park: 10.0 mi
- Grandview: 14.6 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Knob | SW 225° | 1,083 m | 15.1 mi |
| Walnut Knob | E 98° | 1,049 m | 19.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 229° | 1,037 m | 15.8 mi |
| Pond Knob | WSW 244° | 1,011 m | 8.1 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,009 m | 7.5 mi |
| Kopperston Mountain | SW 231° | 993 m | 17.8 mi |
| Lick Knob | WNW 300° | 989 m | 0.8 mi |
| High Knob | S 189° | 976 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
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 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
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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