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Goat Knob

Goat Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.98484, -81.48984

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 27
Nature reserves: 6
Springs: 3
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 3
  • Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Smyth County Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Wooly: 16.8 mi
  • Bluefield Love Sign: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Big Walker Lookout: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garden MountainNNE 32°1,437 m7.9 mi
Morris KnobWNW 303°1,358 m8.3 mi
Hutchinson RockNNE 31°1,348 m9.6 mi
Chestnut KnobNE 45°1,344 m7.1 mi
East River MountainNNE 18°1,331 m13.2 mi
Chimney RockNNE 20°1,304 m13.7 mi
Knob MountainNW 318°1,270 m8.0 mi
Greaver BenchmarkENE 57°1,270 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0419:38
June solstice06:0720:1120:50
September equinox07:1418:5019:25
December solstice07:3616:3317:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340495765686761504033
Precip in4.03.74.44.04.74.34.64.03.63.23.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356584403

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