Wet Knob
Wet Knob rises to 574 m in West Virginia. Burning Rock stands 912 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Chief Logan State Park, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31584332, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 574 m
How to reach it
65 named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Knob: 2.7 mi
- Cabin Hill: 3.4 mi
- Godby Knob: 5.6 mi
- Pickering Knob: 8.0 mi
- Hoover Knob: 8.0 mi
- Laurel Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- Buffalo Creek Memoral Park: 13.4 mi
- Man Youth Sports Complex: 13.5 mi
- Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area: 13.8 mi
- Man WV War Memorial: 13.2 mi
- Tridelphia Vietnam War Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 24.7 mi
- Big Branch Day Use Area: 24.7 mi
- Chief Logan State Park: 1.6 mi
- Matewan Depot: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wet Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burning Rock | SE 125° | 912 m | 23.1 mi |
| Huff Mountain | ESE 119° | 835 m | 23.7 mi |
| Spring Mountain | ESE 101° | 813 m | 22.1 mi |
| Cook Mountain | E 94° | 773 m | 24.6 mi |
| Horsepen Mountain | S 171° | 763 m | 17.1 mi |
| Coon Knob | SSE 166° | 741 m | 17.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 89° | 717 m | 23.3 mi |
| Kelly Mountain | ESE 113° | 661 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356522712
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