Buck Knob
Buck Knob rises to 917 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bold Camp Mountain, a peak 4.4 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 7.9 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Wise County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016031, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 917 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 7.0 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 8.4 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 24.9 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Twin Cliffs Overlook · 6 mi
- Flag Rock Overlook · 9 mi
- Clinchfield Overlook · 24 mi
- Towers Tunnel Overlook · 24 mi
123 named places within 25 miles
- Bold Camp Mountain: 4.4 mi
- High Rock: 7.3 mi
- Pickem Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Halls Butt: 9.6 mi
- The Doubles: 10.5 mi
- Arrowhead Park: 6.7 mi
- Fairgrounds: 7.1 mi
- Veldon D. Dotson Recreation Park: 8.3 mi
- Veterans Park: 8.3 mi
- Norton City Park: 8.4 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 12.2 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center: 12.2 mi
- June Tolliver House: 14.8 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 14.9 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 15.2 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 6.6 mi
- Wise County: 7.0 mi
- Pound Gap: 7.0 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 7.0 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 16.9 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 7.3 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 9.3 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 11.1 mi
- Crazy Eyes Elk: 23.5 mi
- Old Fashion Elk: 23.5 mi
- Hensley-Pine Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Breaks Interstate Park: 24.8 mi
- The Breaks: 24.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 25.0 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 7.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buck Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | S 176° | 1,288 m | 11.2 mi |
| Eagle Knob | S 170° | 1,196 m | 11.3 mi |
| Camp Rock | S 173° | 1,188 m | 12.0 mi |
| Little Mountain | S 178° | 1,130 m | 12.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | SW 230° | 1,123 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bowling Knob | SSW 203° | 1,075 m | 20.9 mi |
| Huff Rock | S 189° | 1,070 m | 14.1 mi |
| Little Stone Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,044 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:37 | 17:18 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wise 1SE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570765
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