Cooks Knob
Cooks Knob rises to 653 m in Virginia. Cahas Mountain stands 1,083 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Beech Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49021827, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 653 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Spur Overlook · 8 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 9 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 11 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Waid Recreation Park: 3.1 mi
- Lynch Park: 6.2 mi
- Veterans Park: 6.3 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Park\: 6.7 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Park -: 6.7 mi
- Beech Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Thornton Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Haw Patch Hill: 3.6 mi
- Graveyard Knob: 4.2 mi
- Coles Knob: 4.3 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 20.8 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 21.3 mi
- Patrick Henry Monument: 22.5 mi
- Rorer Hall: 22.7 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 22.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 2.4 mi
- Caboose: 12.0 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 12.4 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 18.3 mi
- Virginia Museum of Natural History: 19.2 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 12.7 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 17.7 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 19.8 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 21.5 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 14.8 mi
- One Clear View: 17.9 mi
- Roanoke Star: 21.3 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 22.7 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 22.8 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 21.4 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 22.2 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 22.6 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 22.7 mi
- The Solar Wind: 24.5 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 21.4 mi
- Brush: 21.9 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 23.0 mi
- White Falls: 11.4 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 15.8 mi
- Camp Creek: 15.8 mi
- Calico Rock: 8.5 mi
- Cracker Point: 11.8 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 10.9 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 18.3 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Cooks Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahas Mountain | N 353° | 1,083 m | 11.9 mi |
| Pocket Ridge | WSW 249° | 985 m | 15.5 mi |
| Bent Mountain | NNW 336° | 975 m | 15.3 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | NNW 336° | 972 m | 15.3 mi |
| Masons Knob | N 352° | 961 m | 16.0 mi |
| The Haycocks | WSW 253° | 955 m | 15.7 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | NNW 343° | 935 m | 16.3 mi |
| Rakes Knob | WSW 250° | 892 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1465198 — Cooks Knob, Franklin County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560995
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 23 mi
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