Turkey Knob
Turkey Knob rises to 363 m in West Virginia. Teeny Knob stands 484 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles Fork Lake Recreational Area, a park 0.8 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Roane County, West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31564541, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 363 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 21.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- College Hill: 1.7 mi
- Chambers Knob: 5.2 mi
- Buck Knob: 7.0 mi
- Vineyard Knob: 7.1 mi
- Round Knob: 7.8 mi
- Charles Fork Lake Recreational Area: 0.8 mi
- Washington Park: 0.8 mi
- Ben's Run Recreational Area: 0.9 mi
- Goff Hill Civil War Park: 1.1 mi
- Alvord Park: 2.0 mi
- Elizabeth: 19.6 mi
- Captain John Young: 22.4 mi
- Beauchamp-Newman House: 19.7 mi
- Washington's Western Lands Museum: 24.4 mi
- Chestnut Point: 8.2 mi
- July: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Turkey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teeny Knob | ESE 107° | 484 m | 20.8 mi |
| Mule Knob | ESE 110° | 478 m | 16.8 mi |
| Velvet Knob | SE 124° | 460 m | 19.7 mi |
| Weedy Knob | SE 136° | 447 m | 17.4 mi |
| Ruble Knob | N 11° | 406 m | 16.3 mi |
| Desert Knob | ESE 105° | 400 m | 10.5 mi |
| Starcher Rocks | S 172° | 397 m | 14.0 mi |
| Campbell Hill | S 187° | 397 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:02 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:26 | 17:08 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525358
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