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Weedy Knob

Weedy Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Weedy Knob rises to 447 m in West Virginia. Barnette Hill stands 566 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Painter Knob, a peak 4.0 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 22 miles off.

The story

mountain in West Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q31580661, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
447 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.60121, -81.12983

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 19
  • Clay County Park: 7.5 mi
  • Wallback Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
  • Taylor Public Hunting Area: 10.1 mi
  • Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area: 14.4 mi
  • Charles Fork Lake Recreational Area: 16.6 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Captain John Young: 18.6 mi
  • Train tunnel: 20.6 mi
  • Old Stone Trough: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Frametown Rest Area: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Weedy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barnette HillESE 103°566 m21.0 mi
Bird KnobSSW 196°555 m20.6 mi
Coon KnobE 87°542 m18.9 mi
Fox KnobESE 102°525 m18.1 mi
Wallowhole KnobSSE 151°513 m14.9 mi
Sugar KnobENE 67°513 m18.6 mi
Mount PisgahSSE 162°499 m11.2 mi
Bragg KnobESE 120°494 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:37
June solstice06:0120:1320:53
September equinox07:1318:4819:23
December solstice07:3916:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333644556372757468564537
Precip in3.93.44.54.35.26.15.84.83.93.13.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clendenin, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1548878 — Weedy Knob, Roane County, West Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356522619

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