Turkey Knob
Turkey Knob rises to 764 m in West Virginia. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Nursery Bottom, a park 0.6 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31564557, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 764 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 15.4 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 15.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 20.7 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Skier's hillock: 0.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.2 mi
- McGowan Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Mount Red: 4.9 mi
- Polecat Knob: 5.3 mi
- Nursery Bottom: 0.6 mi
- Mill Race: 0.9 mi
- River City Park: 1.4 mi
- Fernow Experimental Forest: 3.1 mi
- Blackwater Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Douglas Falls: 7.6 mi
- Albert Falls: 7.6 mi
- Elakala Falls: 8.5 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 9.4 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 21.3 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 7.9 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 7.9 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 15.9 mi
- Wilson Monument: 18.0 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 19.1 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 15.9 mi
- Generation Museum: 17.3 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 21.1 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 21.3 mi
- Sites Homestead: 23.6 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 5.5 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 11.7 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 14.0 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 15.4 mi
- Pat Spring: 16.1 mi
- Lower Slabs: 23.9 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 24.0 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 24.0 mi
- Southern Pillar: 24.0 mi
- Mill Run: 8.2 mi
- Kempton: 11.9 mi
- Stringtown: 12.4 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 8.7 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 22.5 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 12.4 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 11.6 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 15.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Turkey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | SE 137° | 1,452 m | 15.9 mi |
| Green Knob | SE 140° | 1,424 m | 17.8 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SE 139° | 1,376 m | 17.8 mi |
| Weiss Knob | ESE 120° | 1,359 m | 14.1 mi |
| Job Knob | SSE 156° | 1,353 m | 17.4 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | SSE 153° | 1,348 m | 16.0 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 117° | 1,332 m | 13.8 mi |
| Cabin Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,331 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parsons 3 SE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525360
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