Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 992 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the south-southeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49009918, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 992 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 22.1 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 27.1 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 27.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Short Mountain: 1.6 mi
- High Point: 1.6 mi
- Seng Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Round Top: 2.0 mi
- Double Top: 2.0 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 13.7 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 14.8 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 15.3 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 16.4 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 19.4 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 7.6 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 14.8 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 21.0 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 22.2 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 22.4 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 15.2 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 15.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.2 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.7 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 10.0 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 11.9 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 13.5 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 18.8 mi
- AT2020: 13.4 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 13.4 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 14.0 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 17.3 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 21.8 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 7.8 mi
- Listening Rock: 8.6 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 13.7 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 13.9 mi
- Brig Spring: 11.2 mi
- Cave Spring: 13.0 mi
- Boiling Spring: 13.8 mi
- Big Spring: 15.0 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 13.8 mi
- Wooly: 14.8 mi
- Heartwood: 24.0 mi
- Backbone Rock: 16.5 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 20.3 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 22.6 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 23.9 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Trials Playground: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | SSE 163° | 1,744 m | 5.2 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | SSE 151° | 1,689 m | 6.3 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,684 m | 5.9 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,684 m | 6.7 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SSW 200° | 1,553 m | 7.1 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | SSE 153° | 1,551 m | 8.1 mi |
| Grave Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,540 m | 2.4 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,526 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:34 | 17:14 |
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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586541
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