Clower Knob
Clower Knob rises to 417 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49021096, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 417 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 9 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 12 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 12 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Flint Hill: 3.9 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.2 mi
- Grassy Hill: 4.4 mi
- Murray Knob: 5.0 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Park -: 5.7 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Park\: 5.7 mi
- Veterans Park: 6.7 mi
- Lynch Park: 6.7 mi
- Waid Recreation Park: 8.1 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 13.3 mi
- Rorer Hall: 13.4 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 13.4 mi
- Caboose: 3.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 12.8 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 13.3 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 13.4 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 13.5 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Explore Park: 11.3 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 13.6 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 17.5 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 21.1 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 12.9 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 13.3 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 13.3 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 13.5 mi
- The Solar Wind: 17.1 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 4.4 mi
- Roanoke Star: 11.9 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 13.5 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 13.5 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 19.2 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 12.1 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Beale Garden: 19.0 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 15.6 mi
- Camp Creek: 15.6 mi
- White Falls: 21.6 mi
- Calico Rock: 18.8 mi
- Cracker Point: 20.4 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 24.4 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 18.9 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Howrytown: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Clower Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,141 m | 16.0 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,083 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bent Mountain | WNW 293° | 975 m | 12.2 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | WNW 293° | 972 m | 12.1 mi |
| Masons Knob | NW 312° | 961 m | 9.7 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | WNW 302° | 935 m | 11.6 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | WSW 242° | 801 m | 14.1 mi |
| Twelve O'clock Knob | NW 319° | 792 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:26 | 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 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rocky MT, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356560912
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 13 mi
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