Goat Knob
Goat Knob rises to 967 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the north-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Brushy Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49031759, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 967 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 15.0 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 23.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 15 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Brushy Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Steer Knob: 1.2 mi
- Carter Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Black Hill: 2.4 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 10.8 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 11.3 mi
- Cavitt's Creek Park: 12.8 mi
- Overlook Park: 16.4 mi
- Dark Hollow Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Big Spring: 3.6 mi
- Sharon Springs: 12.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.3 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 9.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.0 mi
- This Way: 23.0 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 10.4 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 10.6 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 16.8 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 13.5 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.6 mi
- Wooly: 16.8 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 22.1 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 15.0 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Hix: 18.4 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 18.7 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Goat Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,437 m | 7.9 mi |
| Morris Knob | WNW 303° | 1,358 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | NNE 31° | 1,348 m | 9.6 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | NE 45° | 1,344 m | 7.1 mi |
| East River Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,331 m | 13.2 mi |
| Knob Mountain | NW 318° | 1,270 m | 8.0 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | ENE 57° | 1,270 m | 14.7 mi |
| Clinch Mountain | NW 324° | 1,265 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:33 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356584403
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