Hamilton Knob
Hamilton Knob rises to 319 m in Virginia. Apple Orchard Mountain stands 1,287 m to the west-southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Otter Creek Recreation Area, a park 1.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49034698, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 319 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Terrapin Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- Thunder Ridge Overlook · 8 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- Arnold Valley Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
- Knick Field: 5.9 mi
- Centennial Park: 6.0 mi
- Jellystone Park Natural Bridge: 7.2 mi
- Terrapin Mtn Race Start/Finish: 8.0 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Little Rocky Row: 3.7 mi
- Big Rocky Row: 3.8 mi
- Big Piney Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 5.2 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 5.5 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 6.6 mi
- Glenwood Furnace: 8.0 mi
- Odd Tree: 14.4 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 12.7 mi
- Saint Paul's Mission School: 12.7 mi
- Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College: 14.5 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 14.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 14.5 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 6.0 mi
- Knight Statue: 10.7 mi
- Peristyle: 10.7 mi
- George Washington: 14.8 mi
- The Cannonball: 14.8 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 13.1 mi
- Rain Garden: 14.3 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 14.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 15.9 mi
- University of Lynchburg Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 6.2 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 10.4 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 10.6 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 10.6 mi
- Monacan Indian Living History Exhibit: 10.8 mi
- Marble Spring: 4.5 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 5.7 mi
- Hunting Spring: 5.9 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 13.8 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 14.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 14.3 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 15.6 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 15.7 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 17.0 mi
- Panther Falls: 9.2 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 10.7 mi
- Lace Falls: 11.3 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 14.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 22.1 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Hamilton Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Orchard Mountain | WSW 241° | 1,287 m | 9.6 mi |
| Thunder Hill | WSW 244° | 1,221 m | 8.8 mi |
| Terrapin Mountain | SW 231° | 1,062 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | N 7° | 1,015 m | 5.2 mi |
| Highcock Knob | WSW 252° | 931 m | 4.7 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | NNW 333° | 910 m | 3.8 mi |
| Silas Knob | N 358° | 904 m | 4.4 mi |
| High Peak | E 98° | 876 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1488807 — Hamilton Knob, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356575837
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 17 mi
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