Big Turkey Knob
Big Turkey Knob rises to 1,007 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Turkey Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49012817, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1007 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 12.3 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 16.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 20.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 7 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Turkey Knob: 0.5 mi
- Groundhog Hill: 2.9 mi
- Walker Mountain Lookout: 3.2 mi
- Browns Peak: 3.4 mi
- Griffith Knob: 5.1 mi
- Dark Hollow Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 7.3 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 9.7 mi
- Withers Park: 11.5 mi
- Elizabeth Brown Memorial Park: 11.7 mi
- This Way: 15.5 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 16.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Sharon Springs: 6.1 mi
- Big Spring: 10.1 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 15.3 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 18.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 16.0 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 16.0 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 23.7 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 24.4 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 6.7 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 19.9 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Big Turkey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | NW 321° | 1,437 m | 10.5 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | NNW 329° | 1,348 m | 11.3 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | NW 318° | 1,344 m | 8.7 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | N 9° | 1,270 m | 9.6 mi |
| Clinch Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,265 m | 14.4 mi |
| Ghost Knob | NNW 335° | 1,250 m | 11.6 mi |
| Glade Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,245 m | 9.2 mi |
| Gose Knob | N 355° | 1,244 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586576
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