Hickory Knob
Hickory Knob rises to 421 m in Virginia. Fivemile Mountain stands 801 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 25 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49036177, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 421 m
How to reach it
- 25.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Spur Overlook · 25 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 26 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 26 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hidden lake Park: 3.1 mi
- Beaver Creek Reservoir Park: 8.7 mi
- Jack Dalton Park: 9.8 mi
- Hooker Baseball Park: 10.2 mi
- Franklin County Recreation Park: 10.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Blue Knob: 2.5 mi
- Orchard Knob: 2.6 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Robertson Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Virginia Museum of Natural History: 11.1 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 15.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 17.6 mi
- Lankford House Museum: 18.7 mi
- Simpson Funeral Museum: 18.7 mi
- Patrick Henry Monument: 10.2 mi
- Pittsylvania County Confederate Monument: 18.8 mi
- Jeremiah’s Corner: 22.8 mi
- Former Confederate Flag: 24.5 mi
- Confederate Monument: 24.6 mi
- Brush: 10.9 mi
- Chatham Hall Arboretum: 19.2 mi
- Curtis' Garden: 19.3 mi
- Saponi Garden: 22.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 24.1 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 20.3 mi
- Leaksville Boating Access: 23.3 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 22.3 mi
- Family Fun Zone: 23.3 mi
- White Falls: 22.8 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 23.2 mi
- Union St. Overlook Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Main St. Plaza Pergula: 24.7 mi
- Calico Rock: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hickory Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fivemile Mountain | WNW 299° | 801 m | 24.7 mi |
| Cooks Knob | WNW 304° | 653 m | 16.8 mi |
| Fork Mountain | WNW 296° | 593 m | 6.4 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NE 34° | 590 m | 16.9 mi |
| Hogpen Mountain | WSW 257° | 560 m | 21.8 mi |
| Brown Hill | WNW 286° | 556 m | 16.5 mi |
| Graveyard Knob | NW 312° | 551 m | 20.1 mi |
| Coles Knob | NW 315° | 550 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsville Fltr PLT, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495683 — Hickory Knob, Henry County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583628
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