Duncan Knob
Duncan Knob rises to 833 m in Virginia. Stony Man stands 1,220 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Catback Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Page County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49026196, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 833 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pass Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 12 mi
- Stony Man Overlook · 12 mi
- Stony Man Lookout · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Catback Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Middle Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Waterfall Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Kerns Mountain: 2.6 mi
- The Knob: 2.7 mi
- Mountain Lion Reminiscing Park: 1.9 mi
- Camp Roosevelt Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Carillon Park: 4.6 mi
- Eugene Park: 5.0 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 5.4 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 4.0 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 4.4 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 4.4 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 4.4 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 5.5 mi
- Hiden Spring: 1.9 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 5.9 mi
- Pitt Spring: 11.3 mi
- Furnace Spring: 11.7 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 12.4 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 4.4 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 4.7 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 5.4 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 5.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 13.7 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 13.9 mi
- Rose River Falls: 14.1 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 14.4 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 14.5 mi
- Love: 4.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 6.4 mi
- Cootie Bug: 6.5 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 14.9 mi
- Flames: 24.0 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 4.0 mi
- The Garden Maze: 4.4 mi
- Luray Caverns: 4.4 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 5.3 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 5.5 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Markley Rocks: 14.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 14.3 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 15.0 mi
- Pavilian: 2.5 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 12.4 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 13.3 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.3 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 21.8 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 11.8 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 22.3 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 22.8 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 23.4 mi
- Lost River State Park: 23.9 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 12.4 mi
- Old grape garden: 14.9 mi
- Heishman Garden: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Duncan Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Man | SE 127° | 1,220 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bushytop | SE 131° | 1,142 m | 11.7 mi |
| Nakedtop | SE 143° | 1,138 m | 12.6 mi |
| Little Stony Man | SE 126° | 1,110 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pollock Knob | SE 133° | 1,086 m | 12.1 mi |
| Millers Head | SE 132° | 1,062 m | 11.3 mi |
| Pass Mountain | E 96° | 915 m | 12.7 mi |
| Tanbark Flat | SE 143° | 881 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356571453
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 15 mi
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