Blackburn Knob
Blackburn Knob rises to 1,099 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Quillen Ridge, a peak 0.6 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49014050, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,099 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 12.0 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 16.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.8 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Alligator Back Overlook · 18 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 18 mi
- Basin Cove Overlook · 19 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quillen Ridge: 0.6 mi
- Helton Knob: 3.7 mi
- Fees Ridge: 4.2 mi
- First Peak: 4.4 mi
- Couchs Knob: 4.5 mi
- Ashe County Park: 11.1 mi
- Family Central: 11.3 mi
- Paddy Mountain Park: 13.5 mi
- Back Street Park: 13.7 mi
- Bowie Seagrave Memorial Park: 13.8 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 11.5 mi
- Bluff Mountain Falls: 14.7 mi
- Nana Falls: 14.9 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 15.2 mi
- Listening Rock: 4.5 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 4.9 mi
- Caudill Cabin: 18.6 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 19.6 mi
- Brinegar Cabin: 20.0 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 11.0 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 12.1 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 17.2 mi
- Alleghany Historical Museum: 18.3 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 22.4 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Trials Playground: 24.9 mi
- Brig Spring: 15.6 mi
- Cave Spring: 16.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 16.3 mi
- Big Spring: 23.6 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 18.3 mi
- Alligator Back: 18.3 mi
- Backbone Rock: 21.2 mi
- Devils Garden: 21.7 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 19.2 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 20.0 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 22.3 mi
- Elk Shoals: 15.7 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 17.6 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Blackburn Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | NW 306° | 1,744 m | 7.7 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | NW 311° | 1,689 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NW 312° | 1,684 m | 6.6 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,684 m | 10.1 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | WNW 286° | 1,553 m | 10.6 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | WNW 299° | 1,551 m | 4.6 mi |
| Grave Mountain | NW 315° | 1,540 m | 10.2 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,526 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:34 | 17:14 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson 2 E, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583293
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