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.
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
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
- Old Meade Homeplace: 6.6 mi
- Wise County: 7.0 mi
- Pound Gap: 7.0 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 7.0 mi
- Francis Gary Powers: 11.1 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
- 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
- Picnic Grounds: 7.0 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 7.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 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 |
| Black Mountain | SW 235° | 1,259 m | 16.9 mi |
| The Doubles | SW 232° | 1,247 m | 16.4 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 |
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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