Boston Knob
Boston Knob rises to 781 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the south, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Boston Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
mountain in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49014929, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 781 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.4 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 25.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Boston Knob Overlook · 1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 3 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 3 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Boston Mountain: 0.0 mi
- South Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Nettle Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Wigwam Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Adams Peak: 2.7 mi
- Laurel Park: 8.3 mi
- Penny Park: 8.6 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 9.1 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 9.3 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 9.7 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 11.2 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 11.2 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 11.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 11.3 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 3.3 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 4.0 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 4.2 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 4.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 4.9 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 11.3 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 11.5 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 11.6 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 11.7 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 17.5 mi
- Knight Statue: 8.3 mi
- Peristyle: 8.3 mi
- George Washington: 11.3 mi
- The Cannonball: 11.3 mi
- George C. Marshall: 11.3 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 2.8 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 8.7 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 11.9 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 20.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 20.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 5.6 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 16.4 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 18.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 18.8 mi
- Panther Falls: 8.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 10.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 11.4 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 18.4 mi
- Lace Falls: 21.6 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 18.7 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 24.7 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 24.8 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 22.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 15.9 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 20.6 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 6.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Boston Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | S 175° | 1,232 m | 5.0 mi |
| Maintop Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,232 m | 6.1 mi |
| Pompey Peak | SE 139° | 1,229 m | 5.4 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | E 90° | 1,226 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | SSE 147° | 1,223 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cole Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,197 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Priest | E 95° | 1,133 m | 8.7 mi |
| Spy Rock | E 81° | 1,128 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583477
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 28 mi
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