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Earn Knob

Earn Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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
1097 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.44174, -80.18162

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 30
Museums: 16
Nature reserves: 13
Artworks: 13
  • 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
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 9
Gardens: 7
  • Community Garden: 14.1 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
Springs: 6
  • 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
Waterfalls: 6
  • Beaverdam Falls: 15.6 mi
  • The Cascades: 15.7 mi
  • Middle Cascades: 16.0 mi
  • Cascades: 22.2 mi
  • Bent Mountain Falls: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Arnolds KnobWNW 291°1,186 m9.6 mi
Hanging RockWNW 286°1,153 m15.5 mi
Kelly KnobWSW 247°1,141 m15.4 mi
Moteshard MountainWNW 286°1,136 m10.6 mi
Sinking Creek MountainWSW 253°1,117 m1.1 mi
Chimney RockWSW 251°1,108 m1.9 mi
Hanging RockN 353°1,102 m8.4 mi
Bald MountainNNE 34°1,074 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5819:33
June solstice06:0120:0720:46
September equinox07:0918:4519:19
December solstice07:3216:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363846556471757468574639
Precip in3.32.73.84.04.45.24.73.84.33.23.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke 8 N, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356583558

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