Crawford Knob
Crawford Knob rises to 918 m in Virginia. Three Ridges stands 1,210 m to the southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Humpback Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49022866, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 918 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 23.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Catoctin Overlook · 2 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 2 mi
- Cedar Cliffs · 3 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Humpback Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Dripping Rock: 2.3 mi
- Black Rock Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Humpback Rocks: 2.5 mi
- Potatopatch Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Rife Park: 9.3 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 9.8 mi
- Constitution Park: 9.9 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 9.9 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 10.3 mi
- Flower Pots: 17.9 mi
- Watering Can: 17.9 mi
- Staunton: 18.2 mi
- Chodo IX: 18.2 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 19.5 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Mirador: 10.5 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 14.4 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 16.8 mi
- Rip Rap Shelter: 17.8 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 2.8 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 9.9 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 10.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 10.0 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 14.1 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 18.0 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 18.0 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 18.2 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 20.8 mi
- Student Garden: 22.2 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 2.1 mi
- Dripping Rock: 2.4 mi
- Hickory Spring: 3.7 mi
- Coiner Spring: 9.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 8.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 14.2 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 17.0 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 20.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 10.0 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 11.2 mi
- Apple Cannon: 17.0 mi
- Endless View Farms: 17.0 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 17.4 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 2.1 mi
- White Rock Falls: 8.7 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 11.4 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 23.5 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 24.4 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 16.5 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 22.7 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 22.8 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 7.1 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 23.5 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Trinity Point: 23.9 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 2.0 mi
- Canada: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Crawford Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Ridges | SW 226° | 1,210 m | 6.6 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | W 259° | 1,172 m | 3.2 mi |
| Devils Knob | W 259° | 1,172 m | 3.2 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | N 357° | 1,099 m | 1.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 267° | 1,086 m | 9.1 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,050 m | 2.5 mi |
| Flint Mountain | W 274° | 1,050 m | 8.3 mi |
| Kelley Mountain | W 280° | 1,001 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356571262
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 24 mi
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