High Knob Recreation Area
High Knob Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1,076 m. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the west, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 3.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1076 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 15.4 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 15.4 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 18.3 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Flag Rock Overlook · 2 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 15 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 15 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Knob: 0.4 mi
- Camp Rock: 0.7 mi
- High Knob: 0.8 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Pickem Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Legion Park: 2.5 mi
- Locust Avenue Park: 2.9 mi
- Veterans Park: 3.1 mi
- Norton City Park: 3.1 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 3.5 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 14.1 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 15.5 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 17.5 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 17.9 mi
- Wise County: 18.2 mi
- June Tolliver House: 8.9 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 9.1 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 9.3 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 15.9 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 16.2 mi
- Devil's Bathtub: 5.7 mi
- Spearhead Trails: 7.5 mi
- Portal 30: 17.5 mi
- Train: 17.5 mi
- Train: 17.5 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 23.8 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 2.1 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 6.3 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 19.6 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 6.3 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 6.4 mi
- Abrams Falls: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of High Knob Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | W 278° | 1,288 m | 0.8 mi |
| Black Mountain | W 276° | 1,259 m | 15.5 mi |
| The Doubles | W 275° | 1,247 m | 14.6 mi |
| Eagle Knob | ENE 73° | 1,196 m | 0.4 mi |
| Camp Rock | S 184° | 1,188 m | 0.7 mi |
| Little Mountain | SW 235° | 1,130 m | 1.2 mi |
| Potato Hill | W 269° | 1,123 m | 15.1 mi |
| Bowling Knob | SW 231° | 1,075 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wise 1SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/802700929
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 25 mi
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