Bird Knob
Bird Knob rises to 811 m in Virginia. Nakedtop stands 1,138 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49012983, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 811 m
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Blackrock Overlook · 12 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 12 mi
- Fishers Gap Overlook · 13 mi
- Naked Creek Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Short Horse Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Manors Hill: 3.9 mi
- Roark Hill: 4.3 mi
- Waterfall Mountain: 4.4 mi
- New Market Community Park: 3.3 mi
- New Market Pocket Park: 3.4 mi
- Rebel Park: 3.6 mi
- Carillon Park: 9.8 mi
- Mayors Park: 10.0 mi
- Catherine Furnace: 3.2 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 4.4 mi
- Abraham Lincoln's Father: 7.8 mi
- Fallen Solider Tribute: 8.1 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 9.6 mi
- Museum of American Calvary: 3.7 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum & Wharton Advance Trail: 3.9 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum: 3.9 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 5.9 mi
- Plains District Memorial Museum: 7.5 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 11.9 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 13.2 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 13.3 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 13.4 mi
- Pitt Spring: 2.8 mi
- Hiden Spring: 8.3 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 11.6 mi
- Lewis Spring: 12.2 mi
- Davids Spring: 12.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 7.8 mi
- Cootie Bug: 7.8 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 8.5 mi
- Love: 9.7 mi
- Flames: 15.7 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 5.9 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 7.9 mi
- Luray Caverns: 9.6 mi
- Luray Caverns: 9.6 mi
- The Garden Maze: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Pavilian: 11.1 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 12.1 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 14.4 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 2.3 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 12.7 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Markley Rocks: 19.8 mi
- Heishman Garden: 15.8 mi
- ISAT Patio: 16.7 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 17.0 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 20.4 mi
- Old grape garden: 20.7 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 17.8 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 19.7 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Bird Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nakedtop | ESE 104° | 1,138 m | 13.1 mi |
| Blackrock | ESE 116° | 1,116 m | 12.0 mi |
| Lairds Knob | SSW 204° | 1,000 m | 11.7 mi |
| Grubbs Knob | SSW 204° | 975 m | 10.0 mi |
| Morgan Knob | SSW 197° | 936 m | 7.0 mi |
| Third Mountain | SSW 197° | 932 m | 6.9 mi |
| Kaylor Knob | SSW 202° | 889 m | 12.0 mi |
| Tanbark Flat | ESE 103° | 881 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570543
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 13 mi
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