Goat Knob
Goat Knob rises to 855 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Brushy Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49031758, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 855 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 15.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 28.8 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Brushy Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Bettys Knob: 1.9 mi
- Brushy Mountain - Mollies Knob: 2.9 mi
- Round Top Knob: 3.5 mi
- Sanders Hill: 4.5 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 15.6 mi
- Overlook Park: 16.8 mi
- Williams Park: 17.9 mi
- Munchkin Park: 18.0 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 15.9 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 15.9 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 18.8 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 20.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 21.5 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 4.9 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 9.3 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 18.7 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 18.9 mi
- William King Museum: 19.1 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 5.2 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 6.1 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 20.7 mi
- Pinnacle Natural Area Perserve: 21.6 mi
- Big Spring: 13.3 mi
- Brig Spring: 16.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.9 mi
- Cave Spring: 18.0 mi
- Boiling Spring: 18.9 mi
- Wooly: 4.9 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 15.7 mi
- Heartwood: 20.4 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 22.1 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Backbone Rock: 18.9 mi
- Pinnacle: 21.6 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 14.1 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 14.9 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 15.1 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 19.3 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 15.7 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 15.9 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 17.9 mi
- Listening Rock: 18.6 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 20.2 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Goat Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | WNW 296° | 1,429 m | 12.9 mi |
| Double Top | SSE 147° | 1,382 m | 11.8 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | NW 325° | 1,379 m | 7.7 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | SE 139° | 1,355 m | 13.0 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | NW 308° | 1,345 m | 8.4 mi |
| Flat Top | SE 142° | 1,341 m | 12.7 mi |
| Grave Mountain | SSE 153° | 1,331 m | 12.0 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NW 326° | 1,323 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:34 | 17:15 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581865
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