Walnut Knob
Walnut Knob rises to 777 m in West Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pynes Mountain, a peak 2.9 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31577405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 777 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 20.8 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District: 4.0 mi
- White Rock Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- John Henry Historical Park: 11.6 mi
- Hilldale-Talcott Ruritan Club John Henry Park: 11.6 mi
- Pence Springs Hotel Historic District: 11.9 mi
- Pynes Mountain: 2.9 mi
- High Top: 5.8 mi
- Calders Peak: 6.1 mi
- Wrights Peak: 6.3 mi
- Kibble Hill: 6.6 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 12.9 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 15.5 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 17.8 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 17.9 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 17.9 mi
- World War II Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 21.3 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 23.0 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 23.0 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 23.2 mi
- Egypt: 9.8 mi
- Junta: 12.2 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 14.7 mi
- Warford: 15.8 mi
- Whitcomb: 19.9 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 15.4 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 20.7 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 23.0 mi
- Barney's Wall: 11.4 mi
- Barneys Wall: 11.4 mi
- Bear Cliff: 13.0 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 13.1 mi
- Coffman Hill: 20.4 mi
- Organ Cave: 16.3 mi
- Keffer Oak: 18.3 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 19.6 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 20.2 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 22.8 mi
- Big Spring: 18.6 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 18.8 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 21.7 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 22.0 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 22.1 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 19.6 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 21.8 mi
- Modern Art: 23.1 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 23.5 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 24.2 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 22.2 mi
- Middle Cascades: 22.8 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 22.9 mi
- Brooks Falls: 19.9 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Walnut Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SSE 161° | 1,327 m | 13.3 mi |
| Butt Mountain | S 181° | 1,282 m | 11.2 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | S 181° | 1,256 m | 11.4 mi |
| Wind Rock | SSE 146° | 1,246 m | 9.7 mi |
| Wrights Peak | SE 127° | 1,242 m | 6.3 mi |
| Brushy Top | S 175° | 1,236 m | 9.7 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | SE 142° | 1,232 m | 10.8 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | SE 142° | 1,231 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:27 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union 3 SSE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356522527
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