Penhook State Boat Ramp
Penhook State Boat Ramp is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 243 m. Murray Knob stands 695 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Greer Knob, a peak 2.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 243 m
How to reach it
- 21.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 21 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 22 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 24 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greer Knob: 2.2 mi
- Smith Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Mars Hill: 5.5 mi
- Jacks Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Preston Knob: 7.7 mi
- Scruggs Boat Launch: 3.4 mi
- Smith Mountain Lake Community Park: 5.2 mi
- Moneta Park: 12.5 mi
- Franklin County Recreation Park: 13.7 mi
- Hidden lake Park: 13.9 mi
- Jeremiah’s Corner: 15.0 mi
- Bethany Church: 15.3 mi
- Roark Mill: 17.3 mi
- Pittsylvania County Confederate Monument: 18.0 mi
- John L. Hurt, Jr. Monument: 19.0 mi
- Yates Tavern: 15.2 mi
- Lankford House Museum: 17.5 mi
- Simpson Funeral Museum: 18.0 mi
- Caboose: 19.1 mi
- Avoca Museum: 21.2 mi
- Saponi Garden: 14.3 mi
- Chatham Hall Arboretum: 18.3 mi
- Curtis' Garden: 18.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 19.4 mi
- Dinwiddie Arboretum: 21.2 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 14.5 mi
- Explore Park: 19.8 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 14.2 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 22.5 mi
- Roanoke Star: 23.6 mi
- LOVE: 19.4 mi
- Rhinoceros: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Penhook State Boat Ramp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Knob | WNW 296° | 695 m | 20.1 mi |
| Cooks Knob | WSW 257° | 653 m | 20.7 mi |
| Panther Knob | NW 314° | 621 m | 17.2 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SW 227° | 593 m | 16.3 mi |
| Smith Mountain | E 89° | 590 m | 3.3 mi |
| Thaxton Mountain | N 359° | 586 m | 20.8 mi |
| Coles Knob | W 269° | 550 m | 19.7 mi |
| Lick Mountain | NNW 343° | 545 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:25 | 17:06 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rocky MT, 15 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle3 obs
- eastern redbud3 obs
- American tuliptree3 obs
- Japanese stiltgrass3 obs
- Northern Cardinal2 obs
- White-throated Sparrow2 obs
- Common Raccoon2 obs
- White-tailed Deer2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/793024652
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 25 mi
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