Asbury Knob
Asbury Knob is a peak in Pocahontas, West Virginia and has an elevation of 3,287 feet. Asbury Knob is situated nearby to the village Green Bank, as well as near the hamlet Arbovale.Places of Interest
Highlights include Green Bank Telescope and Reber Radio Telescope.
Green Bank Telescope
Building
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, US is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, surpassing the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope in Germany.
Reber Radio Telescope
Building
The Reber Radio Telescope is a historic radio telescope, located at the Green Bank Observatory near Green Bank, West Virginia, United States. Built in 1937 in Illinois by the astronomer Grote Reber, it was the first purpose-built parabolic radio telescope.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Green Bank and Arbovale.
Green Bank
Village
Green Bank is a census-designated place in Pocahontas County in West Virginia's Potomac Highlands inside the Allegheny Mountain Range. Green Bank is located along WV 28.
Arbovale
Hamlet
Arbovale is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Arbovale is 12 miles south of Durbin. Arbovale had a post office, which closed on March 3, 2007.
Dunmore
Hamlet
Dunmore is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Dunmore is located at the junction of state routes 28 and 92, 15 miles northeast of Marlinton.
Asbury Knob
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,287 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Pocahontas, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.39956° or 38° 23′ 58″ north
Longitude
-79.82895° or 79° 49′ 44″ west
Elevation
3,287 feet (1,002 metres)
Open location code
87C295XC+RC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Asbury Knob” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Asbury Knob”
- Dutch: “Asbury Knob”
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