Bruisers Knob
Bruisers Knob rises to 1,045 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Harles Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015727, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1045 m
How to reach it
- 14.7 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 18.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 28.9 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 24 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 24 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 25 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harles Hill: 1.1 mi
- Well Hill: 2.3 mi
- Lugar Hill: 2.3 mi
- Gravel Hill: 2.5 mi
- Double Ridge Knob: 2.9 mi
- North Fork Valley Rural Historic District: 5.8 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 7.8 mi
- Deerfield Park: 8.1 mi
- Shenandoah Bike Trail and Park: 8.2 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 6.6 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 8.6 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 9.4 mi
- The Pylons: 9.6 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 9.6 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 9.2 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 9.5 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 10.5 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 15.4 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 15.8 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 9.4 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 10.1 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 10.2 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 11.8 mi
- Modern Art: 12.7 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 4.0 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 10.4 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Keffer Oak: 1.7 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 3.3 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 11.5 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 15.5 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 15.9 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 10.1 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 10.2 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 18.6 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Community Garden: 21.8 mi
- Bear Cliff: 9.3 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 9.4 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Barney's Wall: 13.4 mi
- Barneys Wall: 13.5 mi
- Cascades: 12.7 mi
- Camp Creek: 18.6 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 18.7 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 22.3 mi
- The Cascades: 22.4 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 20.0 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 20.0 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 20.8 mi
- Big Spring: 21.0 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 21.2 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 10.2 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 20.2 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Bruisers Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | W 269° | 1,327 m | 10.6 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | W 274° | 1,256 m | 15.1 mi |
| Wind Rock | WNW 294° | 1,246 m | 10.5 mi |
| Wrights Peak | NW 311° | 1,242 m | 13.1 mi |
| Brushy Top | W 281° | 1,236 m | 14.3 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | WNW 295° | 1,232 m | 9.1 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,231 m | 9.1 mi |
| Doe Mountain | W 271° | 1,211 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1482049 — Bruisers Knob, Montgomery County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356570711
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 23 mi
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