High Knob
High Knob rises to 726 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Piedmont Vegetable Garden, a garden 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49036292, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 726 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.9 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 19 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 20 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 22 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Mill's Best Tree: 0.9 mi
- Sunrise Park: 1.2 mi
- Dehart Street Tot Lot: 1.4 mi
- Crestview Tot Lot: 1.6 mi
- Graves Park: 1.9 mi
- Hightop Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Paris Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mill Knob: 4.2 mi
- Dee Cee Hill: 4.2 mi
- Price Mountain: 4.4 mi
- The Pylons: 2.8 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 2.8 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 3.2 mi
- African American Memory & Storyboard: 5.2 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 1.0 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 2.3 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 2.7 mi
- Modern Art: 6.0 mi
- Modern Art: 6.0 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 2.5 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 2.9 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 3.1 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 4.7 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 5.2 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 0.8 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 2.6 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 10.2 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 20.0 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 20.1 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 13.1 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 14.8 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 5.3 mi
- Keffer Oak: 10.2 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 11.9 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 13.4 mi
- One Clear View: 20.1 mi
- Bear Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 13.2 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 15.9 mi
- Barney's Wall: 16.1 mi
- Barneys Wall: 16.1 mi
- Camp Creek: 12.6 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 12.6 mi
- Cascades: 15.6 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 9.1 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 10.6 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 10.2 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 21.8 mi
- Water Front: 18.1 mi
- Waterfront: 22.5 mi
- Spring Well #25: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 320° | 1,327 m | 13.3 mi |
| Wind Rock | NNW 333° | 1,246 m | 16.5 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NNW 337° | 1,232 m | 15.5 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,231 m | 15.5 mi |
| Doe Mountain | NW 316° | 1,211 m | 14.7 mi |
| Minie Ball Hill | NNW 333° | 1,197 m | 16.0 mi |
| Kelly Knob | NNW 343° | 1,141 m | 11.1 mi |
| Poor Mountain | E 91° | 1,141 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356572267
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 25 mi
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