High Head Knob
High Head Knob rises to 561 m in Virginia. Devils Benchmark stands 995 m to the north-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Shenandoah Alum Springs, a spring 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036244, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 561 m
How to reach it
- 26.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 27 mi
- Pass Mountain Overlook · 27 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 27 mi
- Beahms Gap Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Furnace Knob: 0.5 mi
- Powder Springs Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Sugar Knob: 1.8 mi
- Bryce Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mathias Community Center: 5.1 mi
- Bergton Fairgrounds: 8.5 mi
- Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Trout Pond Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- Mount Jackson Community Park: 9.8 mi
- Shenandoah Alum Springs: 0.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 6.8 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 8.8 mi
- Yellow Spring: 10.4 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 13.2 mi
- Main Street of Yesteryear: 10.4 mi
- American Celebration on Parade: 10.6 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 12.6 mi
- Plains District Memorial Museum: 12.9 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 13.2 mi
- Collie Grave: 9.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.2 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 13.4 mi
- Fallen Solider Tribute: 15.0 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 16.9 mi
- Cootie Bug: 10.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 10.6 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 14.7 mi
- Love: 20.5 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 24.8 mi
- Bryce Resort: 2.1 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 10.4 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 18.5 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 18.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 20.4 mi
- Markley Rocks: 8.9 mi
- Helmick Rock: 12.1 mi
- Baker Rocks: 15.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 15.9 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Old grape garden: 9.6 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 16.0 mi
- Heishman Garden: 24.8 mi
- Lost River State Park: 8.2 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 16.1 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 8.7 mi
- Pavilian: 16.7 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 4.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of High Head Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Benchmark | NNE 28° | 995 m | 8.2 mi |
| Long Mountain | NNE 29° | 951 m | 10.1 mi |
| Snyder Knob | NNE 13° | 936 m | 7.4 mi |
| Buffalo Clover Knob | WSW 237° | 917 m | 11.7 mi |
| Church Rock | SW 217° | 910 m | 7.4 mi |
| Cove Mountain | NNW 344° | 898 m | 4.5 mi |
| Tibbet Knob | NE 40° | 894 m | 8.1 mi |
| Big Schloss | NE 42° | 894 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost RVR, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496941 — High Head Knob, Shenandoah County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356584409
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 29 mi
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