High Knob
High Knob rises to 1,246 m in Virginia. Reddish Knob stands 1,338 m to the south-southwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia and Pendleton County, WV, USA.
Wikidata Q31717098, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,246 m
How to reach it
- 29.1 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 29.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Cowger Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Evick Knob: 2.5 mi
- Richland Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Granddaddy Knob: 3.3 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 3.9 mi
- Riven Rock Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Franklin Town Park: 9.8 mi
- Fort Harrison: 16.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 16.8 mi
- Cannon Veterans Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Monument: 18.0 mi
- JMU Alma Mater: 18.3 mi
- Maple Spring: 3.5 mi
- Hall Spring: 6.8 mi
- Sand Spring: 7.9 mi
- Beaver Creek Spring: 10.8 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 15.7 mi
- Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center: 16.4 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 16.6 mi
- Museum Of American Jewelry Design and Manufacturing: 18.2 mi
- Virginia Quilt Museum: 18.3 mi
- Explore More Discovery Museum: 18.3 mi
- Love Essence: 17.1 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 17.1 mi
- Flames: 17.1 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 17.1 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 17.2 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 17.9 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 19.4 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 23.5 mi
- Fear Forest: 24.3 mi
- Raven Rocks: 8.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 18.9 mi
- Southern Pillar: 21.1 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 21.1 mi
- Lower Slabs: 21.3 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 18.0 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 20.9 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 21.8 mi
- Heishman Garden: 17.0 mi
- ISAT Patio: 19.0 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 19.1 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 22.8 mi
- Small waterfall: 23.0 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 24.4 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 24.8 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 24.9 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 14.4 mi
- Smoke Hole: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reddish Knob | SSW 208° | 1,338 m | 8.3 mi |
| Flagpole Knob | S 190° | 1,336 m | 4.1 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | SSW 192° | 1,332 m | 4.2 mi |
| Bother Knob | SSW 207° | 1,323 m | 4.8 mi |
| Dyers Knob | SSW 210° | 1,245 m | 9.1 mi |
| Dundore Mountain | SE 145° | 1,244 m | 3.3 mi |
| Cow Knob | NNE 27° | 1,231 m | 9.5 mi |
| Meadow Knob | S 169° | 1,184 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581897
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