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Pointy Knob, West Virginia
Prominence: 420 ft, 128 m
Elevation: 3740+ feet, 1140+ meters
True Isolation: 1.1 mi, 1.76 km
Elevation Info:
Elevation range: 3740 - 3760 ft
(20-foot closed contour)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
39° 0' 8'' N, 79° 28' 1'' W
39.002294, -79.466922 (Dec Deg)
Country
United States
State/Province
West Virginia
County/Second Level Region
Tucker
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Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
6
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(Total: 6)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
2013-05-01 by Richard Oestreicher
2020-09-26 by Powen Ru (GPS Track)
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Pointy Knob is pretty flat on top. My Garmin map gives a spot elevation of 3730 ( I don't know their source). My maximum GPS reading was 3732.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 420 ft/128 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 460 ft/140 m
Key Col
: 3320 ft/1012 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 1.1 mi/1.76 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 39.0042, -79.4467
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Weiss Knob
(E)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Appalachian Mountains
Range3:
Appalachian Plateaus
Range4:
Allegheny Mountains
Range5:
Canaan Valley Area
Range6:
Canaan-Browns Mountains
Drainage Basins
Monongahela
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Ownership
Land: Monongahela National Forest
Topo Map
Blackwater Falls O39079a4 1:24,000
Data Source
Partially verified user peak addition
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by
Richard Oestreicher
.
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