Flagpole Knob
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Flagpole Knob rises to 1,336 m in Virginia. Reddish Knob stands 1,338 m to the southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Slate Springs Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 28 miles off.
The story
Shenandoah Mountain is a mountain ridge approximately 73 miles (117 km) long in Virginia and West Virginia. The steep, narrow, sandstone-capped ridge extends from northern Bath County, Virginia to southern Hardy County, West Virginia. Along the way, its crest defines the borders between Highland and Augusta counties, Virginia, and between Pendleton County, West Virginia, and Rockingham County, Virginia. Its high point is 4397’/1340 m Reddish Knob along the Virginia/West Virginia border. Located in the Ridge and Valley physiographic province of the Appalachian Mountains, Shenandoah Mountain forms part of the western margin of the Shenandoah Valley, and is part of the easternmost Allegheny Mountains. It lies almost entirely within the George Washington National Forest. U.S. Route 33 crosses the mountain between Franklin, West Virginia, and Harrisonburg, Virginia. Other Shenandoah Mountain high peaks are Flagpole Knob (Virginia; 4383’/1336 m), and Bald Knob (Virginia; 3680’/1122 m).
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7494169, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1336 m
How to reach it
- 27.7 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 27.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Slate Springs Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Richland Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bother Knob: 1.5 mi
- Meadow Knob: 1.6 mi
- Pond Knob: 2.3 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 1.4 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 1.4 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Riven Rock Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 14.5 mi
- Fort Harrison: 14.9 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 15.3 mi
- Cannon Veterans Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Monument: 17.2 mi
- Maple Spring: 3.0 mi
- Beaver Creek Spring: 8.8 mi
- Hall Spring: 10.8 mi
- Sand Spring: 11.7 mi
- Hiner Spring: 12.0 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 14.3 mi
- Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center: 15.4 mi
- Museum Of American Jewelry Design and Manufacturing: 17.4 mi
- Virginia Quilt Museum: 17.6 mi
- Explore More Discovery Museum: 17.6 mi
- Love Essence: 16.6 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 16.6 mi
- Flames: 16.7 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 16.7 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 16.7 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 12.4 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 16.9 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 20.7 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 21.8 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 22.5 mi
- Raven Rocks: 10.0 mi
- Trinity Point: 21.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 22.5 mi
- Southern Pillar: 24.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 24.4 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 17.0 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 18.7 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.6 mi
- Heishman Garden: 16.6 mi
- ISAT Patio: 18.1 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 18.1 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 21.8 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 21.8 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 13.2 mi
- Smoke Hole: 24.6 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Flagpole Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reddish Knob | SW 224° | 1,338 m | 4.5 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,332 m | 0.2 mi |
| Bother Knob | W 264° | 1,323 m | 1.5 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | SSW 206° | 1,320 m | 9.0 mi |
| High Knob | N 10° | 1,246 m | 4.1 mi |
| Dyers Knob | SW 225° | 1,245 m | 5.4 mi |
| Dundore Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,244 m | 3.0 mi |
| Meadow Knob | E 98° | 1,184 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:18 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1492940 — Flagpole Knob, Rockingham County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581837
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