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Gay Knob, West Virginia

Prominence: 1025 ft, 313 m

Elevation: 4560+ feet, 1390+ meters

True Isolation: 3.21 mi, 5.17 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 4560 - 4600 ft (40-foot closed contour)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 19' 4'' N, 80° 4' 14'' W 38.317844, -80.07046 (Dec Deg) 581258 E 4241490 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	West Virginia
County/Second Level Region	Pocahontas
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 5 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 5) Selected Trip Reports: 2020-10-03 by Powen Ru (GPS Track) 2022-04-16 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track)
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The BM is at neither highest point nor peakbagger point, but very close to the triangulation mark of topo maps (2020-10-03). Photo by Powen Ru.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 1025 ft/313 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 1065 ft/325 m
  Line Parent: Red Lick Mountain
  Key Col: 3535 ft/1077 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 3.21 mi/5.17 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 38.3158, -80.1242
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Red Lick Mountain  (W)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Appalachian Plateaus
Range4: Allegheny Mountains
Range5: Shavers Fork Mountain Complex
Range6: Cloverlick-Middle Mountain Area (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Kanawha
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Greenbrier
New
Kanawha
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Monongahela National Forest

Topo Map

Edray O38080c1 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Rickey Shortt.

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Gay Knob

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This rock is Gay Knob 4560ft high point location. 'no name' Benchmark is a few yards downhill at top another rock (2022-04-16). Photo by Steven Fishback.
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