Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 1,327 m in Virginia. Butt Mountain stands 1,282 m to the west-northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Johns Creek Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Giles County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49009909, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,327 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 27.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Johns Creek Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Doe Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Keister Hill: 4.1 mi
- Minie Ball Hill: 4.2 mi
- Julian Knob: 4.2 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 5.8 mi
- White Rock Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Pembroke Boat Ramp: 6.3 mi
- Big Falls Park: 8.2 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 9.9 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 10.2 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 10.5 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 10.5 mi
- The Pylons: 10.6 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 1.2 mi
- Bear Cliff: 1.5 mi
- Barney's Wall: 3.0 mi
- Barneys Wall: 3.1 mi
- High Point: 16.3 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 8.6 mi
- Modern Art: 9.9 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 10.6 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 11.1 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 12.3 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 10.2 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 10.8 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 10.8 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 11.0 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 16.8 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 8.2 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 19.6 mi
- Keffer Oak: 9.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 13.3 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 16.8 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 21.0 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 21.3 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 11.0 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 12.5 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 14.6 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 21.1 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 21.3 mi
- Junta: 20.1 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 20.8 mi
- Egypt: 22.9 mi
- Warford: 24.0 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 17.4 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Big Spring: 24.4 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 24.6 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 15.2 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 23.0 mi
- Water Front: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butt Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,282 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | WNW 284° | 1,256 m | 4.6 mi |
| Wind Rock | NNE 13° | 1,246 m | 4.5 mi |
| Wrights Peak | N 5° | 1,242 m | 8.8 mi |
| Brushy Top | NW 309° | 1,236 m | 4.5 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NNE 30° | 1,232 m | 4.6 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,231 m | 4.7 mi |
| Doe Mountain | W 281° | 1,211 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearisburg 4 SSE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570288
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