White Buck Knob
White Buck Knob rises to 986 m in West Virginia. Job Knob stands 1,324 m to the east-southeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31585260, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 986 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 19.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Long Point Viewpoint · 24 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 25 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 26 mi
- Concho Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Knob: 1.4 mi
- Beech Knob: 1.7 mi
- Wildcat Knob: 3.2 mi
- Bush Place Knob: 3.4 mi
- Coggins Knob: 3.4 mi
- Circus Wall: 12.4 mi
- Orange Oswald Wall: 12.5 mi
- Narcissus Cave: 12.5 mi
- Satisfaction Wall: 12.6 mi
- Long Wall: 12.6 mi
- Quinwood Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Richwood Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Richwood Roadside Park: 9.1 mi
- Sterling Spencer Memorial Sculpture Garden: 9.2 mi
- Rupert Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- McClung: 7.8 mi
- Walker Hill: 8.2 mi
- Bryant: 9.0 mi
- Fairview: 10.8 mi
- Nuttallburg: 21.8 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 10.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 17.5 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 17.6 mi
- Lower Falls of Hills Creek: 17.6 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 21.1 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 9.0 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 13.1 mi
- Bubble Cave Preserve: 20.3 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 23.3 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 23.8 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Hillsboro: 24.3 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 24.3 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 13.1 mi
- Beartown State Park: 21.5 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 9.4 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 12.2 mi
- Locust Creek Spring: 21.9 mi
- Pearl S Buck Birthplace: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of White Buck Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Knob | ESE 122° | 1,324 m | 7.2 mi |
| Cold Knob | ESE 117° | 1,314 m | 11.0 mi |
| Cross Mountain | SSE 163° | 1,271 m | 11.7 mi |
| Little Beech Knob | ESE 113° | 1,255 m | 3.4 mi |
| Bee Knob | ESE 103° | 1,231 m | 12.7 mi |
| Blue Knob | E 96° | 1,227 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bearwallow Knob | ENE 69° | 1,227 m | 14.4 mi |
| Wildcat Knob | SE 145° | 1,223 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 57 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525394
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