Cedar Knob
Cedar Knob rises to 541 m in Virginia. Black Mountain stands 1,259 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Elk Knob, a peak 1.9 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49018970, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 541 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 3.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 17.1 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 29.2 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 13 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 13 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Elk Knob: 1.9 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 2.5 mi
- Big Hill: 3.6 mi
- Eliza Knob: 3.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 5.3 mi
- Lee Horse and Hunt Club: 4.3 mi
- Leeman Field Park: 4.5 mi
- Stone Creek Outdoor Classroom and Community Park: 5.8 mi
- Jonesville Park: 7.2 mi
- Cumberland Bowl Park: 7.3 mi
- Vardy Presbyterian Church: 14.4 mi
- Mahala Mullins Cabin: 14.4 mi
- Black Mountain Thunder Zipline: 16.2 mi
- Thunder Zipline: 16.6 mi
- The Soup Bowl: 16.8 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 4.9 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 13.7 mi
- Highest Point in Kentucky: 14.7 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 19.9 mi
- Rod Armstrong Building: 21.2 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 10.0 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 10.7 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 15.4 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 15.6 mi
- June Tolliver House: 15.8 mi
- The Rounds: 10.1 mi
- Fletcher Cliff: 18.4 mi
- Howard Cliff: 20.3 mi
- Miller Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 9.3 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
- Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 15.5 mi
- Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 18.1 mi
- E. Lucy Braun State Park State Nature Preserve: 18.5 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 20.7 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Cedar Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,259 m | 14.7 mi |
| The Doubles | NNE 24° | 1,247 m | 14.7 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNE 24° | 1,123 m | 13.1 mi |
| MCD 173 | NNW 335° | 1,096 m | 11.7 mi |
| Bowling Knob | ENE 68° | 1,075 m | 11.6 mi |
| Huff Rock | ENE 60° | 1,070 m | 19.3 mi |
| Little Black Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,063 m | 10.1 mi |
| Little Stone Mountain | NE 49° | 1,044 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:16 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pennington GAP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586626
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 27 mi
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