Walnut Knob
Walnut Knob rises to 1,049 m in West Virginia. Red Spring Mountain stands 1,169 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mann Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Midland Trail passes 7.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in West Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q31577371, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1049 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 7.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 24.7 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 9 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 18 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mann Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Greenwood Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Highland Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Goddard Knob: 3.3 mi
- Backus Mountain: 4.1 mi
- McKendreee Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 6.5 mi
- Camp Washington Carver: 7.4 mi
- New River Gorge National River: 7.5 mi
- WP Point: 9.9 mi
- Perry Park: 10.0 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 12.1 mi
- Endless Wall: 12.1 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 12.3 mi
- Fern Point Area: 12.3 mi
- Greenwood: 3.0 mi
- Tina: 6.4 mi
- Thurmond: 8.4 mi
- Nuttallburg: 11.3 mi
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District: 11.4 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 6.8 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 6.8 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 7.6 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 9.8 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 10.8 mi
- The Canopy: 9.1 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 11.6 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 13.6 mi
- Ship Rock: 13.7 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 18.5 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 16.1 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 16.1 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 16.1 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 16.2 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 16.2 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 10.3 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 10.5 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 21.5 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 23.2 mi
- Grandview: 7.7 mi
- Needleseye Park: 10.8 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 23.9 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Brooks Falls: 13.2 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Walnut Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Spring Mountain | SE 125° | 1,169 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SE 134° | 1,116 m | 15.0 mi |
| Boggs Knob | E 83° | 1,102 m | 9.0 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | SE 137° | 1,095 m | 14.7 mi |
| Elk Knob | SE 144° | 1,078 m | 15.3 mi |
| Myles Knob | ENE 57° | 1,054 m | 8.9 mi |
| Little Sewell Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,051 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | SE 139° | 1,047 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
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 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Hill, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1548772 — Walnut Knob, Fayette County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356522529
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