Velvet Knob
Velvet Knob rises to 460 m in West Virginia. Corren Knob stands 745 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Painter Knob, a peak 2.8 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31571703, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 460 m
How to reach it
- 19.4 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Painter Knob: 2.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 4.3 mi
- Weedy Knob: 4.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 5.2 mi
- Mule Knob: 5.5 mi
- Clay County Park: 8.8 mi
- Wallback Wildlife Management Area: 11.7 mi
- Taylor Public Hunting Area: 14.4 mi
- Hersmans Recreation Area: 15.0 mi
- Gassaway Park: 15.4 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 20.3 mi
- Captain John Young: 22.9 mi
- Train tunnel: 24.5 mi
- Presidents Wall: 24.8 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 8.3 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 20.1 mi
- Chestnut Point: 20.3 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 20.9 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Velvet Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corren Knob | SE 141° | 745 m | 20.2 mi |
| Little Birch Mountain | ESE 107° | 577 m | 19.3 mi |
| Barnette Hill | ESE 111° | 566 m | 17.5 mi |
| Coon Knob | E 92° | 542 m | 14.7 mi |
| Fox Knob | ESE 110° | 525 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sugar Knob | ENE 66° | 513 m | 14.2 mi |
| Wallowhole Knob | SSE 167° | 513 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | S 183° | 499 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:13 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
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 | 29 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rosedale 3 NNW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525374
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