Bull Run Knob
Bull Run Knob rises to 972 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bent Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016615, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 972 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 8 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 8 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 10 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bent Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Hemppatch Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Lost Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Poor Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Masons Knob: 4.4 mi
- Otter Park: 5.7 mi
- Starkey Youth Soccer Fields: 6.6 mi
- Piedmont Camp Meeting Grounds Historic District: 6.9 mi
- Creed Fields Park: 7.9 mi
- Wayside Park: 7.9 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 9.8 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Agatha Strother Lewis | Col. Elijah McClanahan: 11.8 mi
- Caboose: 9.0 mi
- Salem Museum: 10.6 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 12.2 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 12.5 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 12.6 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 10.1 mi
- The Solar Wind: 10.6 mi
- The Rock: 10.6 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 11.2 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 12.2 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 5.7 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Explore Park: 15.5 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 8.2 mi
- Roanoke Star: 11.9 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 12.3 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 12.3 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 14.6 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 11.5 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 16.4 mi
- Beale Garden: 16.9 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 15.1 mi
- Cracker Point: 17.7 mi
- Calico Rock: 19.7 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 20.8 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 4.7 mi
- Camp Creek: 4.7 mi
- White Falls: 21.6 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 9.1 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 23.3 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 15.8 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 24.2 mi
- Howrytown: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Bull Run Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | NW 323° | 1,141 m | 4.3 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,083 m | 5.4 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | NNW 345° | 998 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bent Mountain | W 270° | 975 m | 0.0 mi |
| Masons Knob | ENE 66° | 961 m | 4.4 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NNW 335° | 943 m | 16.3 mi |
| Double Ridge Knob | NW 317° | 940 m | 16.4 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | NE 42° | 935 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Hill, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581768
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 12 mi
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