Turkey Knob
Turkey Knob rises to 948 m in West Virginia. Flagpole Knob stands 1,336 m to the southeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Socrates Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31564526, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 948 m
How to reach it
- 24.1 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 24.5 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 30.0 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Socrates Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Middle Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Propst Knob: 2.5 mi
- Town Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Flint Knob: 3.5 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 3.4 mi
- Thorn Spring Park: 4.0 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 15.9 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 19.5 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 21.4 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 21.6 mi
- Fort Harrison: 22.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks Discovery Center: 16.2 mi
- Sites Homestead: 16.3 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 21.4 mi
- Highland County Museum: 22.2 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 22.8 mi
- Hall Spring: 9.2 mi
- Maple Spring: 9.8 mi
- Sand Spring: 10.9 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 15.0 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 15.7 mi
- Love Essence: 23.6 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 23.6 mi
- Flames: 23.7 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 23.7 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 23.7 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 12.0 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 16.9 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 19.5 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 21.1 mi
- Raven Rocks: 1.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 14.7 mi
- Southern Pillar: 16.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 16.0 mi
- Lower Slabs: 16.2 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Locust Springs: 19.8 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 20.2 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 20.9 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 21.6 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 16.4 mi
- Small waterfall: 16.6 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 18.3 mi
- Smoke Hole: 17.0 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 20.9 mi
- Heishman Garden: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Turkey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagpole Knob | SE 144° | 1,336 m | 8.7 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | SE 145° | 1,332 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bother Knob | SSE 153° | 1,323 m | 8.1 mi |
| Castle Knob | W 272° | 1,058 m | 8.7 mi |
| Socrates Mountain | SW 215° | 1,032 m | 1.1 mi |
| Castle Mountain | WNW 287° | 1,032 m | 7.9 mi |
| Richland Mountain | SE 135° | 1,028 m | 8.4 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NW 312° | 1,004 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524513
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