Bear Knob
Bear Knob rises to 677 m in Virginia. Arnolds Knob stands 1,186 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011349, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 677 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 14 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 14 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 15 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Texas Knob: 0.6 mi
- Fort Lewis Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Sandstone Ridge: 1.9 mi
- Cove Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Brush Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Havens State Game Refuge: 4.1 mi
- Wayside Park: 4.7 mi
- Lake Spring Park: 6.3 mi
- Mowles Spring Park: 6.7 mi
- Ted Webber Park: 6.9 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 4.2 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Agatha Strother Lewis | Col. Elijah McClanahan: 11.4 mi
- Salem Museum: 7.4 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 13.1 mi
- Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 13.3 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 13.6 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 13.6 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 8.7 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Carvins Cove: 11.7 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 12.2 mi
- The Solar Wind: 6.9 mi
- The Rock: 7.0 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 11.6 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 12.3 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 13.2 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 4.4 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 8.1 mi
- Keffer Oak: 10.9 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 13.3 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 13.3 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 3.1 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.7 mi
- Bear Cliff: 18.6 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 18.9 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Beale Garden: 13.4 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 13.7 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 13.8 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 21.9 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 22.0 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 22.8 mi
- Big Spring: 24.7 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 24.9 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 22.8 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 24.2 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 13.8 mi
- Camp Creek: 13.8 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 24.3 mi
- Middle Cascades: 24.6 mi
- Howrytown: 18.2 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Bear Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnolds Knob | NW 324° | 1,186 m | 15.1 mi |
| Poor Mountain | S 170° | 1,141 m | 8.3 mi |
| Kelly Knob | W 281° | 1,141 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | N 352° | 1,117 m | 8.4 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NNW 347° | 1,108 m | 8.3 mi |
| Earn Knob | N 359° | 1,097 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bruisers Knob | WNW 286° | 1,045 m | 9.4 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | ESE 114° | 998 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1494828 — Bear Knob, Roanoke County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583283
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 14 mi
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