Wildcat Knob
Wildcat Knob rises to 1,223 m in West Virginia. Job Knob stands 1,324 m to the east-southeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bush Place Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Midland Trail passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in West Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31587636, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,223 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 10.0 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 20.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Long Point Viewpoint · 25 mi
- Concho Overlook · 27 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 27 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bush Place Knob: 0.8 mi
- Beech Knob: 1.4 mi
- Little Beech Knob: 1.8 mi
- Grassy Knob: 2.8 mi
- White Buck Knob: 3.2 mi
- Quinwood Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- Rupert Recreation Area: 9.3 mi
- Rupert City Park: 9.7 mi
- Richwood Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Mundy Park: 10.1 mi
- Circus Wall: 15.4 mi
- Orange Oswald Wall: 15.5 mi
- Narcissus Cave: 15.5 mi
- Satisfaction Wall: 15.6 mi
- Long Wall: 15.6 mi
- McClung: 7.0 mi
- Walker Hill: 7.4 mi
- Bryant: 8.4 mi
- Fairview: 9.8 mi
- Alum Springs: 21.2 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 11.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 16.4 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 16.4 mi
- Lower Falls of Hills Creek: 16.5 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 23.6 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 10.0 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 16.1 mi
- Bubble Cave Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Lost World Caverns: 20.6 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 24.8 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Hillsboro: 22.7 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 24.9 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 16.1 mi
- Beartown State Park: 19.1 mi
- Greenbrier Military School Museum: 22.7 mi
- Pearl S Buck Birthplace: 22.9 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 10.3 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 15.0 mi
- Locust Creek Spring: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Wildcat Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Knob | ESE 106° | 1,324 m | 4.5 mi |
| Cold Knob | ESE 107° | 1,314 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sugartree Bench Mountain | E 79° | 1,289 m | 13.5 mi |
| Cross Mountain | S 169° | 1,271 m | 8.8 mi |
| Beech Knob | NE 41° | 1,261 m | 1.4 mi |
| Little Beech Knob | NE 47° | 1,255 m | 1.8 mi |
| Bee Knob | E 92° | 1,231 m | 10.5 mi |
| Blue Knob | ENE 78° | 1,227 m | 7.7 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 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356524565
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