Turkey Knob
Turkey Knob rises to 892 m in West Virginia. Hutchinson Rock stands 1,348 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Oak Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31564508, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 892 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 9.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 18.1 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 8 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Oak Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Browning Lambert Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Pinnacle: 7.4 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 7.8 mi
- Tater Knob: 8.7 mi
- Glenwood Park: 1.9 mi
- Princeton City Park Walking Trails: 2.5 mi
- Princeton Youth Park: 2.5 mi
- Princeton Recreation Center: 2.8 mi
- Clay Memorial Park and Cemetery: 3.0 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 17.5 mi
- Lilly: 18.3 mi
- Warford: 18.5 mi
- Pickshin: 19.6 mi
- Junta: 20.6 mi
- Stone Arch: 2.4 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 4.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.8 mi
- This Way: 15.6 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 3.1 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 4.1 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 4.1 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 23.4 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 7.9 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 11.3 mi
- City Garden: 2.6 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 9.7 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 18.7 mi
- High Point: 21.9 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 22.2 mi
- Sharon Springs: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Turkey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Rock | SW 216° | 1,348 m | 22.3 mi |
| East River Mountain | SW 226° | 1,331 m | 19.6 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SW 225° | 1,304 m | 18.9 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | SSW 198° | 1,270 m | 19.0 mi |
| Short Mountain | SW 226° | 1,258 m | 20.8 mi |
| Ghost Knob | SW 216° | 1,250 m | 21.1 mi |
| Gose Knob | SSW 208° | 1,244 m | 17.8 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | ESE 116° | 1,239 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:30 | 17:11 |
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 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluefield Mercer CO AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1553285 — Turkey Knob, Mercer County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/10233068807
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