Bear Knob
Bear Knob rises to 732 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Coe Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 732 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 24.5 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 23.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Coe Knob: 0.8 mi
- Hawthorne Knob: 1.3 mi
- Raffety Knob: 1.7 mi
- Big Knob: 1.8 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 7.3 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 11.3 mi
- Landon Boyd Park: 14.2 mi
- The Meadows Sports Complex: 14.2 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 7.4 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 7.6 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 14.7 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 17.5 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 23.6 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 11.4 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 13.2 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 14.8 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 15.1 mi
- William King Museum: 15.3 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 5.3 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 6.3 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 20.0 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 11.6 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 13.6 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 17.9 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 21.3 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 23.7 mi
- Brig Spring: 7.3 mi
- Cave Spring: 9.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 10.1 mi
- Big Spring: 19.8 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 7.3 mi
- Wooly: 11.4 mi
- Heartwood: 16.3 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 24.0 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 7.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 7.4 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 12.7 mi
- Listening Rock: 13.2 mi
- Trials Playground: 20.2 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 22.0 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 23.4 mi
- Backbone Rock: 10.5 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 13.6 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 16.2 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Bear Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | ESE 114° | 1,744 m | 10.1 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | ESE 114° | 1,689 m | 11.7 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SE 134° | 1,684 m | 8.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,684 m | 11.4 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SE 139° | 1,553 m | 7.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SE 141° | 1,513 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SE 132° | 1,480 m | 9.8 mi |
| Balsam Mountain | SE 125° | 1,403 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356585891
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- Bristol · 28 mi
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