Hawthorne Knob
Hawthorne Knob rises to 721 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the east-southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Coe Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49035396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 721 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 24.4 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 23.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Coe Knob: 0.4 mi
- Bear Knob: 1.3 mi
- Raffety Knob: 1.7 mi
- Big Knob: 2.2 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 8.5 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 11.1 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 11.6 mi
- Landon Boyd Park: 15.4 mi
- The Meadows Sports Complex: 15.4 mi
- AT2020: 8.5 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 8.5 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 8.8 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 12.0 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 15.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 11.6 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 12.1 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 12.1 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 12.2 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 12.3 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 11.2 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 11.9 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 16.0 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 16.2 mi
- William King Museum: 16.5 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 6.0 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 7.4 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 20.1 mi
- Brig Spring: 8.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 9.9 mi
- Boiling Spring: 10.8 mi
- Big Spring: 18.6 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 8.5 mi
- Wooly: 11.2 mi
- Heartwood: 17.5 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 24.6 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 8.6 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 8.6 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 12.1 mi
- Listening Rock: 12.7 mi
- Trials Playground: 21.2 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 22.9 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 24.5 mi
- Backbone Rock: 11.7 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 14.2 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 17.3 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Hawthorne Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | ESE 121° | 1,744 m | 9.4 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | ESE 119° | 1,689 m | 10.9 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SE 143° | 1,684 m | 7.8 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,684 m | 10.6 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SSE 148° | 1,553 m | 7.7 mi |
| Grave Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,540 m | 7.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,513 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pond Mountain | S 169° | 1,511 m | 10.9 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 | 07:36 | 16:35 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583620
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