Peak · Vermont
High Knob
High Knob rises to 422 m in Vermont. Camels Hump stands 1,243 m to the northeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is East Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Vermont, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036285, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 422 m
How to reach it
Coordinates44.23172, -73.03790
- 5.4 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 16.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 29.0 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 12 mi
- C Nature area · 19 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 19 mi
- Granite Steps · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- East Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Hillsboro Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Shaker Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Browns Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 3.0 mi
Parks
- Willowell Foundation: 3.5 mi
- Winona Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
- Lord's Prayer Rock: 7.2 mi
- Wainer Community Playground & Park: 7.3 mi
- Eagle Park: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Starksboro Town Forest: 2.0 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 4.6 mi
- Huntington Gap Wildlife Manangement Area: 5.4 mi
- Raven Ridge Natural Area: 6.2 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 38
- Tower 5: 6.2 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 6.6 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 11.3 mi
- Thieves' Wall: 12.1 mi
- Cat's Ass Wall: 12.9 mi
Historic sites: 36
- Grave of Timothy Clark Smith: 10.0 mi
- B-24J bomber crash memorial plaque: 11.0 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 11.0 mi
- MacDonough Monument: 11.5 mi
- Old Round Church: 11.7 mi
Museums: 24
- Birds of Vermont Museum: 8.4 mi
- Robeby Museum: 9.9 mi
- Rokeby Museum Special Collections Library: 9.9 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 11.0 mi
- Shelburne Museum: 13.7 mi
Artworks: 22
- Strömkarlen (River Troll): 13.6 mi
- Reverence: 15.7 mi
- Youbie Obie: 16.7 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 16.7 mi
- Smog: 16.7 mi
Attractions: 21
- Audubon Vermont: 8.2 mi
- Vermont Teddy Bear: 13.1 mi
- Steamboat Ticonderoga: 13.8 mi
- Children’s Farmyard: 15.5 mi
- Shelburne Farms Cheesemaking: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Bartlett Falls: 7.2 mi
- Huntington Gorge: 10.1 mi
- Warren Falls: 12.7 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls: 13.1 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 13
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 11.3 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 14.5 mi
- Oakledge Cove: 18.0 mi
- Blanchard Beach: 18.1 mi
- Lakeside Beach Access: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 11
- Finney Crossing Apartments Community Garden: 15.6 mi
- South Burlington Community Gardens: 16.0 mi
- Williston Community Garden: 16.1 mi
- Formal Garden: 16.4 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 15.6 mi
- Accès rivière: 16.6 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 24.0 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 24.6 mi
Covered bridges: 5
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 11.0 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 12.2 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 13.8 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 14.0 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 15.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 14.2 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 14.3 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 19.0 mi
Springs: 2
- Lucky Seven: 16.0 mi
- Big Spring: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camels Hump | NE 51° | 1,243 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Ellen | SE 132° | 1,234 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Abraham | SSE 147° | 1,223 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | SE 143° | 1,212 m | 9.1 mi |
| Cutts Peak | SE 135° | 1,198 m | 7.7 mi |
| Little Abe | SE 144° | 1,189 m | 9.1 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | SE 142° | 1,158 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Ethan Allen | ENE 60° | 1,120 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:29 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vergennes, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356555079
Day trips start here
- Hinesburg · 7 mi
- Waitsfield · 11 mi
- Charlotte · 12 mi
- Richmond · 12 mi
- Shelburne · 14 mi
- Chittenden County · 15 mi
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