Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 261 m in Virginia. Porter Mountain stands 744 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Flint Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 26 miles off. 137 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49009911, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 261 m
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 26 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 28 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 29 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 29 mi
137 named places within 25 miles
- Flint Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bettys Hill: 2.6 mi
- Stone Road Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Jasper Mountain: 5.1 mi
- King George Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Pittsylvania Wayside Park: 8.2 mi
- Smith Mountain Lake Community Park: 8.6 mi
- Gretna Town Park: 8.9 mi
- Franklin Junction Historic Railroad Park: 9.3 mi
- Penhook State Boat Ramp: 9.3 mi
- Bethany Church: 6.6 mi
- Roark Mill: 8.2 mi
- Jeremiah’s Corner: 9.2 mi
- John L. Hurt, Jr. Monument: 9.6 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Saponi Garden: 8.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.1 mi
- Dinwiddie Arboretum: 11.9 mi
- Chatham Hall Arboretum: 16.5 mi
- Curtis' Garden: 16.6 mi
- Yates Tavern: 10.0 mi
- Avoca Museum: 11.9 mi
- Lankford House Museum: 15.9 mi
- Simpson Funeral Museum: 16.4 mi
- Sharswood Plantation: 17.5 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 21.7 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 22.9 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 23.1 mi
- Explore Park: 24.4 mi
- LOVE: 10.1 mi
- Rhinoceros: 20.5 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 19.2 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 21.2 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Mountain | NW 324° | 744 m | 25.0 mi |
| Wiggington Knob | NW 324° | 744 m | 25.0 mi |
| Panther Knob | WNW 293° | 621 m | 22.9 mi |
| Smith Mountain | WSW 242° | 590 m | 6.3 mi |
| Thaxton Mountain | NNW 332° | 586 m | 20.0 mi |
| Tyler Knob | NW 320° | 580 m | 24.7 mi |
| Horsepen Mountain | NW 309° | 549 m | 24.8 mi |
| Lick Mountain | NW 318° | 545 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495222 — Bald Knob, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583447
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