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Buck Knob

Buck Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Buck Knob rises to 1,214 m in Virginia. Spruce Knob stands 1,482 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Locust Springs, a picnic site 0.8 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 5.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49016029, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1214 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.57734, -79.63200

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 32
Historic sites: 10
  • Camp Bartow Historic Site: 8.1 mi
  • Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 11.7 mi
  • 1971 Plane Crash Site: 14.8 mi
  • Powerhouse: 19.4 mi
  • Boiler House: 19.4 mi
Springs: 8
  • Locust Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Spruce Mountain Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Cool Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Rock Lick Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Pat Spring: 20.9 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 8.5 mi
  • Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 9.4 mi
  • Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 11.7 mi
  • Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 13.5 mi
  • Seneca Caverns: 18.4 mi
Museums: 6
Cliffs: 6
  • Raven Rocks: 17.5 mi
  • Southern Pillar: 22.7 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 22.7 mi
  • Seneca Rocks: 22.7 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Allendale Nursery: 24.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Buck Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce KnobNNE 32°1,482 m10.0 mi
Pharis KnobN 1°1,410 m11.3 mi
Elleber KnobSSW 204°1,401 m11.9 mi
Watering Pond KnobSSW 202°1,396 m10.7 mi
Kile KnobENE 72°1,395 m8.5 mi
Panther KnobE 97°1,371 m7.4 mi
Snowy MountainESE 107°1,370 m5.6 mi
Bald KnobSSW 200°1,363 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5520:0720:47
September equinox07:0718:4219:17
December solstice07:3316:2017:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936475664676660493830
Precip in3.43.04.13.84.93.94.13.63.52.92.93.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356586592

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