Raven Knob Scout Reservation
Raven Knob Scout Reservation is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 435 m. Green Mountain stands 1,185 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Crouse's Chimney, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.
Camp Raven Knob has been serving Boy Scouts from across the east coast since 1955. Raven Knob offers 6 weeks of Scouts BSA Camp, and a half week of Cub Scout Resident Camp each summer to over 5000 Scouts and Scouters from across the eastern seaboard and b
What to expect
- Operated by
- Old Hickory Council, Scouts BSA
- Access
- permit
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 15.5 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
- 23.0 mi off the New River Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fox Hunters Paradise Overlook · 5 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 12 mi
- Stone Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- Bullhead Mountain Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Racoon Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Grassy Knob: 1.0 mi
- Raven Knob: 1.1 mi
- Warrior Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Fulcher Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Lowgap Park: 3.4 mi
- Cedar Ridge Youth Foundation: 4.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Parkway: 5.0 mi
- Fishers Peak Historical Site: 5.7 mi
- Fisher River Park: 8.9 mi
- Thunder Road Museum: 8.4 mi
- Jeff Matthews Museum: 12.9 mi
- Mount Airy Museum of Regional History: 13.9 mi
- Gertrude Smith House: 14.0 mi
- William Alfred Moore House: 14.1 mi
- Stone Mountain Falls: 12.0 mi
- Middle Falls: 12.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 12.6 mi
- Bullhead Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
- Bullhead Creek Cascades: 12.9 mi
- Raven Knob Boy Scout Museum: 0.6 mi
- Blue Ridge Music Center: 6.4 mi
- US 21 overlook: 10.1 mi
- Wally's Service Station: 14.2 mi
- Brinegar Cabin: 16.6 mi
- Zeke's Peak: 0.8 mi
- Devils Garden: 14.2 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 18.0 mi
- Alligator Back: 18.7 mi
- Three Bears: 22.9 mi
- Stewarts Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Crooked Creek: 14.3 mi
- Reed Island Creek (private Nature Conservancy): 19.1 mi
- Richmond Hill Nature Park: 20.1 mi
- Ararat River Access: 22.1 mi
- Crouse's Chimney: 0.3 mi
- Vaughn-Woltz Order of the Arrow Campfire Arena Time Capsule: 0.8 mi
- 100 Strong: 15.8 mi
- Gold Star Families Memorial Monument: 16.0 mi
- Cumberland Knob Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Stone Mountain Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Winston-Salem Foundation Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Carroll County Recreation Department Picnic Shelter: 18.5 mi
- John Harmon Gallery: 9.2 mi
- Transitional Peace: 15.6 mi
- Rebecca Maynard Labyrinth: 16.3 mi
- Daylily Meadows: 24.2 mi
- Virginia Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Barefoot Beach: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Raven Knob Scout Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain | WSW 256° | 1,185 m | 14.8 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | WSW 259° | 1,171 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mahogany Rock Mountain | WSW 258° | 1,099 m | 13.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 290° | 1,099 m | 14.1 mi |
| Doughton Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,098 m | 15.1 mi |
| Fisher Peak | NNE 19° | 1,088 m | 5.7 mi |
| Rich Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,075 m | 6.8 mi |
| Horse Knob | NNE 19° | 1,047 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:32 | 17:12 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Airy 2 W, 12 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer12 obs
- American tuliptree6 obs
- Christmas fern6 obs
- great rhododendron6 obs
- Eastern Newt5 obs
- North American Luna Moth5 obs
- Rosy Maple Moth5 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/887357255
Day trips start here
- Mount Airy · 14 mi
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