Blue Knob
Blue Knob rises to 521 m in Virginia. Fivemile Mountain stands 801 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Orchard Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 25 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Henry County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49014386, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 521 m
How to reach it
- 24.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Spur Overlook · 25 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 26 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hidden lake Park: 4.6 mi
- Beaver Creek Reservoir Park: 6.5 mi
- Jack Dalton Park: 7.7 mi
- Hooker Baseball Park: 7.8 mi
- J. Frank Wilson Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
- Orchard Knob: 1.1 mi
- Hickory Knob: 2.5 mi
- Blue Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Robertson Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Virginia Museum of Natural History: 8.7 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 13.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 17.4 mi
- Eden Historical Museum: 20.2 mi
- Lankford House Museum: 20.4 mi
- Patrick Henry Monument: 8.0 mi
- Pittsylvania County Confederate Monument: 20.4 mi
- Former Confederate Flag: 24.5 mi
- Confederate Monument: 24.5 mi
- Granite Pillars of Historic Sites: 24.5 mi
- Brush: 8.6 mi
- Chatham Hall Arboretum: 20.8 mi
- Curtis' Garden: 20.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 24.1 mi
- Saponi Garden: 24.4 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 18.8 mi
- Leaksville Boating Access: 21.3 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
- White Falls: 21.6 mi
- Family Fun Zone: 23.1 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 23.9 mi
- Union St. Overlook Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Main St. Plaza Pergula: 24.7 mi
- Calico Rock: 19.7 mi
- Stoneville Sign: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fivemile Mountain | NW 305° | 801 m | 24.5 mi |
| Cooks Knob | NW 312° | 653 m | 16.9 mi |
| No Business Mountain | WSW 248° | 600 m | 24.5 mi |
| Fork Mountain | NW 318° | 593 m | 6.4 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NE 34° | 590 m | 19.4 mi |
| Hogpen Mountain | W 262° | 560 m | 20.0 mi |
| Brown Hill | WNW 294° | 556 m | 15.8 mi |
| Graveyard Knob | NW 318° | 551 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:27 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsville Fltr PLT, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1463580 — Blue Knob, Henry County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560348
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