Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 575 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Purchase Knob, a peak 3.1 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Scott County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4745362.
Wikidata Q49009916, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 575 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 0.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 24.8 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 2 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 2 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 2 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Duffield Community Park: 4.4 mi
- Mount Carmel Park: 8.8 mi
- Grogan Park: 8.9 mi
- R P Kane Athletic Field: 9.6 mi
- Allandale Mansion: 10.1 mi
- Purchase Knob: 3.1 mi
- Sols Knob: 3.5 mi
- Cliff Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Bunker Hill: 7.5 mi
- Bowling Knob: 8.0 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 3.2 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 9.9 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 11.0 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 13.5 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 14.5 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 12.3 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Kit Bluff: 13.3 mi
- The Rounds: 14.6 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 4.0 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 4.6 mi
- Car Museum: 12.3 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 13.7 mi
- June Tolliver House: 13.9 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 16.7 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 21.9 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 23.0 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 17.1 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 23.0 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 18.7 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 23.4 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | NNE 22° | 1,288 m | 16.9 mi |
| The Doubles | NNW 336° | 1,247 m | 18.2 mi |
| Eagle Knob | NNE 26° | 1,196 m | 17.4 mi |
| Camp Rock | NNE 26° | 1,188 m | 16.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNW 333° | 1,123 m | 17.1 mi |
| Bowling Knob | NNW 342° | 1,075 m | 8.0 mi |
| Huff Rock | NNE 15° | 1,070 m | 13.3 mi |
| Little Stone Mountain | N 8° | 1,044 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Stone GAP, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1492505 — Bald Knob, Scott County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581697
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 14 mi
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