Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 1,232 m in Virginia. Pompey Peak stands 1,229 m to the east-northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cow Camp Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49009903, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1232 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.6 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 28.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- White's Gap Overlook · 4 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Cole Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Fletcher Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Rocky Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Floyds Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 8.7 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 12.0 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 12.1 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 12.1 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Laurel Park: 6.5 mi
- Penny Park: 7.1 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 7.7 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 9.3 mi
- Jordan's Point: 11.8 mi
- Knight Statue: 7.0 mi
- Peristyle: 7.0 mi
- George Washington: 12.1 mi
- The Cannonball: 12.1 mi
- George C. Marshall: 12.1 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 12.1 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 12.3 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 12.3 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 12.3 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 12.7 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 5.3 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 11.0 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 12.4 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 17.5 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 18.2 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 0.8 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 1.7 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 2.3 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 5.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 7.4 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 20.3 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 20.9 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 22.0 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 22.4 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 22.6 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 2.1 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 15.1 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 19.0 mi
- Panther Falls: 4.3 mi
- White Rock Falls: 14.5 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 14.5 mi
- Lace Falls: 19.5 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 20.9 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 23.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 19.8 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 22.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 10.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pompey Peak | ENE 73° | 1,229 m | 3.2 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,226 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | E 89° | 1,223 m | 2.9 mi |
| Cole Mountain | NE 53° | 1,197 m | 1.3 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,061 m | 1.9 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NE 43° | 1,049 m | 5.3 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | E 89° | 1,034 m | 1.8 mi |
| Buck Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,025 m | 0.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583275
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 23 mi
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