Whites Knob
Whites Knob rises to 467 m in West Virginia. High Point stands 789 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31586451, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 467 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 7.1 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 19.3 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Devils Nose · 3 mi
- Prospect Overlook · 8 mi
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Banner's Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rooney Park: 4.7 mi
- Spruce Pine Hollow Park: 4.9 mi
- 9-11 Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Biser Street Park: 6.9 mi
- Hedgesville Historic District: 6.9 mi
- March 17 1936 High Water Mark: 7.0 mi
- Berkeley Springs Baths: 7.2 mi
- Fort Frederick: 7.2 mi
- Sleepy Creek Post Office: 7.6 mi
- Prospect Rock: 8.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Pinkerton Knob: 1.6 mi
- Hedges Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Paines Knob: 2.5 mi
- Short Mountain: 3.9 mi
- CCC museum: 7.1 mi
- Museum of Berkeley Springs: 7.2 mi
- Hancock Museum: 10.0 mi
- Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 10.4 mi
- Belle Boyd House: 11.2 mi
- Captain's Quarters: 7.2 mi
- Junior Officer's Quarters: 7.2 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 12.3 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 13.4 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 13.4 mi
- Lord Fairfax Spring: 7.2 mi
- Neglar Spring: 7.9 mi
- A natural spring at the Central Trail: 11.3 mi
- Natural Spring: 12.1 mi
- Big Spring: 20.0 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 13.5 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 13.6 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 14.8 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 21.1 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 22.1 mi
- Morgan Arts Council: 7.1 mi
- Saint Maria Goretti: 22.6 mi
- Welcome Pineapple: 23.9 mi
- Beach 2: 20.5 mi
- Beach 1: 20.5 mi
- Beach 3: 20.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.9 mi
- The Lockings: 14.3 mi
- Four Square Garden: 20.6 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 23.7 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 22.4 mi
- Jarrett Falls: 22.6 mi
- Dargan Bend: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Whites Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | SW 235° | 789 m | 14.5 mi |
| Cacapon 2 | W 260° | 673 m | 10.2 mi |
| Cross Mountain | NNE 31° | 627 m | 13.4 mi |
| The Lockings | NNW 333° | 618 m | 20.4 mi |
| Hearthstone Mountain | NE 38° | 616 m | 13.1 mi |
| Sleepy Creek Mountain | SSW 208° | 580 m | 8.2 mi |
| Purslane Mountain | W 277° | 568 m | 13.2 mi |
| Shockeys Knob | SSW 205° | 567 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356525401
Day trips start here
- Hedgesville · 7 mi
- Hancock · 10 mi
- Martinsburg · 11 mi
- Washington County · 17 mi
- Shepherdstown · 19 mi
- Sharpsburg · 21 mi
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