Double Ridge Knob
Double Ridge Knob rises to 940 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bruisers Knob, a peak 2.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49025625, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 940 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 21 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 22 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bruisers Knob: 2.9 mi
- Acre of Rocks: 3.8 mi
- Huckleberry Knob: 3.8 mi
- Half Acre of Rocks: 3.9 mi
- Harles Hill: 3.9 mi
- North Fork Valley Rural Historic District: 3.1 mi
- Shenandoah Bike Trail and Park: 7.7 mi
- Lucas Drive Lot: 7.7 mi
- Owens Street Park: 8.0 mi
- Deerfield Park: 8.0 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 5.6 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 7.8 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 8.6 mi
- The Pylons: 8.7 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 8.9 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 8.5 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 8.6 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 9.7 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 13.6 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 14.2 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 8.6 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 8.8 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 9.2 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 11.8 mi
- Modern Art: 12.4 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 6.9 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Keffer Oak: 4.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 4.5 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 8.7 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 14.3 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 17.3 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 8.0 mi
- Bear Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 11.8 mi
- Barney's Wall: 15.6 mi
- Barneys Wall: 15.6 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 8.8 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 9.4 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 18.2 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 20.1 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 21.7 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 21.8 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 22.6 mi
- Big Spring: 23.2 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 23.4 mi
- Camp Creek: 15.8 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 15.8 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 24.1 mi
- Middle Cascades: 24.4 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 7.3 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 19.3 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 18.4 mi
- Howrytown: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Double Ridge Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | W 279° | 1,327 m | 12.6 mi |
| Wind Rock | WNW 300° | 1,246 m | 13.2 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | WNW 301° | 1,232 m | 11.8 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | WNW 301° | 1,231 m | 11.8 mi |
| Doe Mountain | W 280° | 1,211 m | 14.4 mi |
| Minie Ball Hill | WNW 298° | 1,197 m | 12.8 mi |
| Fork Mountain | NW 315° | 1,190 m | 14.1 mi |
| Arnolds Knob | N 351° | 1,186 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583550
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 21 mi
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