Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 773 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hall Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49009919, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 773 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 18.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Hall Knob: 1.1 mi
- Poor Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Bettys Knob: 6.8 mi
- Rich Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Rock House Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- Munchkin Park: 9.5 mi
- Landon Boyd Park: 9.7 mi
- Children's Park: 9.7 mi
- Virginia Highlands Festival: 10.1 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 10.4 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 12.1 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 12.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Dedicated To All The Veterans of Russell County: 14.7 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 6.6 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 10.2 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 10.5 mi
- William King Museum: 10.6 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 17.6 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 3.4 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 10.1 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 12.9 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 16.2 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Backbone Rock: 14.5 mi
- Pinnacle: 16.1 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 11.9 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 12.3 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 21.6 mi
- Listening Rock: 22.2 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 23.7 mi
- Brig Spring: 14.7 mi
- Cave Spring: 16.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 16.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 18.1 mi
- Big Spring: 21.9 mi
- Wooly: 6.6 mi
- Heartwood: 11.9 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 11.9 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 15.2 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 12.6 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 12.8 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 20.9 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 14.4 mi
- Trials Playground: 24.5 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 11.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,429 m | 9.2 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,379 m | 10.1 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | N 11° | 1,345 m | 8.3 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,323 m | 11.1 mi |
| Sharp Top | ESE 118° | 1,316 m | 14.9 mi |
| Peak 4300 | N 350° | 1,311 m | 9.9 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | WNW 281° | 1,287 m | 11.7 mi |
| Middle Knob | WNW 301° | 1,264 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583273
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- Bristol · 24 mi
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