Earn Knob
Earn Knob rises to 1,097 m in Virginia. Arnolds Knob stands 1,186 m to the west-northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sinking Creek Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49026835, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,097 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 18.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 19 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 21 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Havens State Game Refuge: 8.0 mi
- Field of Dreams: 8.0 mi
- Whispering Pines Park: 9.0 mi
- Biergarten: 11.0 mi
- Lake Spring Park: 12.1 mi
- Sinking Creek Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Chimney Rock: 1.9 mi
- Aps Knob: 4.0 mi
- Peters Hill: 4.5 mi
- Spesard Knob: 4.9 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 5.9 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Government Floyd Monument: 13.2 mi
- The Rock: 14.5 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 5.9 mi
- Salem Museum: 12.5 mi
- Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 14.5 mi
- Botetourt County Historical Society & Museum, Inc: 17.2 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 17.4 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Carvins Cove: 11.2 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 12.3 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Udderly Chic(k): 9.7 mi
- The Rock: 12.2 mi
- The Solar Wind: 12.2 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 16.9 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 17.0 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 7.5 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 9.7 mi
- Keffer Oak: 12.3 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 13.0 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 17.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 5.4 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 5.6 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 10.0 mi
- Piney Point: 17.2 mi
- High Point: 17.8 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 13.3 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 13.4 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 14.2 mi
- Big Spring: 16.6 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 16.7 mi
- Beale Garden: 14.5 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 16.9 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 17.1 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 18.5 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 19.7 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 15.6 mi
- Middle Cascades: 16.0 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 22.5 mi
- Camp Creek: 22.5 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 20.3 mi
- Howrytown: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Earn Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnolds Knob | WNW 291° | 1,186 m | 9.6 mi |
| Kelly Knob | WSW 247° | 1,141 m | 15.4 mi |
| Moteshard Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,136 m | 10.6 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | WSW 253° | 1,117 m | 1.1 mi |
| Chimney Rock | WSW 251° | 1,108 m | 1.9 mi |
| Hanging Rock | N 353° | 1,102 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 34° | 1,074 m | 14.4 mi |
| Bruisers Knob | SW 236° | 1,045 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 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 | 36 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke 8 N, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583558
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 18 mi
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