Ghost Knob
Ghost Knob rises to 1,250 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the southwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Hutchinson Rock, a peak 1.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49031352, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,250 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 9.8 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 20.7 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 10 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hutchinson Rock: 1.2 mi
- Garden Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Short Mountain: 3.5 mi
- East River Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Chimney Rock: 4.0 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 2.6 mi
- Cavitt's Creek Park: 8.1 mi
- Graham Recreation Park: 9.3 mi
- Saint Lukes Cemetery: 10.1 mi
- Parkview Heights Park: 10.1 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 7.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.3 mi
- This Way: 14.7 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 22.4 mi
- Stone Arch: 22.4 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 10.5 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 20.8 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 23.2 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 24.0 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 24.1 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 14.8 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 23.1 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 24.1 mi
- Sharon Springs: 7.3 mi
- Big Spring: 13.5 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 9.9 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 11.3 mi
- Hix: 15.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 20.7 mi
- City Garden: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Ghost Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | SW 214° | 1,437 m | 2.9 mi |
| Morris Knob | WSW 250° | 1,358 m | 13.6 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | SW 226° | 1,348 m | 1.2 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | SSW 192° | 1,344 m | 4.1 mi |
| East River Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,331 m | 3.9 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NNW 344° | 1,304 m | 4.0 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | E 99° | 1,270 m | 6.5 mi |
| Knob Mountain | WSW 255° | 1,270 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583594
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