Cedar Knob
Cedar Knob rises to 758 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,363 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland County Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Highland County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49018969, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 758 m
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 15.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 24.1 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 28.3 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Sittlington Hill: 0.8 mi
- Big Hill: 1.1 mi
- Hulls Hill: 1.1 mi
- Maple Knob: 1.9 mi
- Little Doe Hill: 2.8 mi
- Highland Park: 7.4 mi
- Deerfield Park: 10.5 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 18.0 mi
- Craigsville Community Park: 18.1 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 18.5 mi
- Phillips Spring: 8.0 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 8.2 mi
- Hiner Spring: 9.4 mi
- Rocky Spring: 11.6 mi
- Red Oak Spring: 13.0 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 5.7 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 5.7 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 6.7 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 21.1 mi
- Boiler House: 23.5 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 2.2 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 6.9 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Locust Springs: 19.4 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 6.3 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 7.6 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 9.9 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 10.3 mi
- Highland County Museum: 0.4 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 7.6 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 19.2 mi
- Byrd Point: 10.4 mi
- Trinity Point: 19.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 21.6 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 6.4 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 11.8 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 19.8 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Cedar Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | WNW 293° | 1,363 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NW 305° | 1,362 m | 13.7 mi |
| Barren Rock | N 350° | 1,335 m | 5.9 mi |
| Sounding Knob | W 279° | 1,334 m | 5.8 mi |
| Freezland Flat | E 81° | 1,325 m | 8.3 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | ENE 71° | 1,320 m | 13.0 mi |
| Hardscrabble Knob | ENE 75° | 1,305 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tearjacket Knob | ENE 72° | 1,289 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mustoe 1 SW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583518
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