High Knob
High Knob rises to 728 m in Virginia. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Ravensden Rock, a peak 1.1 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
High Knob is a peak of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Warren and Fauquier counties, Virginia.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q8528206, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 728 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 20.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 27.9 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 5 mi
- Indian Run Overlook · 5 mi
- Signal Knob Overlook · 6 mi
- Compton Peak West · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Apple Mountain Park: 2.5 mi
- Linden Park: 2.6 mi
- Happy Creek Park: 4.2 mi
- Bowman Park: 5.0 mi
- Lions Park: 5.2 mi
- Ravensden Rock: 1.1 mi
- Green Hill: 2.8 mi
- Wildcat Knob: 3.6 mi
- Hardscrabble Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 5.7 mi
- Cider Stage: 21.0 mi
- Gem Mining Sluice: 21.1 mi
- Pathway Puzzle Maze: 21.1 mi
- Jammed Tractor Maze: 21.1 mi
- Millenium Sundial: 4.7 mi
- Norfolk & Southern Railway Co. Caboose: 4.7 mi
- Snead Farm: 5.2 mi
- Snowden Ruins: 10.1 mi
- White Post: 12.0 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 4.8 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 4.8 mi
- Newtown Hitory Center: 14.7 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 14.8 mi
- Hupp's Hill Museum: 15.0 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 4.9 mi
- Warrior Statue: 13.7 mi
- The Peacemakers: 19.4 mi
- Bird In Flight: 19.6 mi
- A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 19.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.1 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 9.3 mi
- Vaucluse Spring: 14.6 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 15.5 mi
- Town Spring: 21.1 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 3.9 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 5.5 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 13.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 19.0 mi
- Red Bud Run: 20.9 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 5.8 mi
- Miller Falls: 9.0 mi
- Greasy Falls: 11.4 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 12.1 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 12.2 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 11.9 mi
- Senior Garden: 18.3 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 18.3 mi
- Culinary Gardens: 20.8 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 21.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 13.5 mi
- Dog Cliff: 23.8 mi
- Three High Heads: 23.9 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 5.1 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 22.0 mi
- Pavilian: 24.4 mi
- River Access: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | SW 225° | 1,056 m | 12.3 mi |
| North Marshall | SSW 213° | 1,024 m | 9.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf | SW 226° | 985 m | 13.3 mi |
| South Marshall | SW 216° | 979 m | 9.8 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | SW 222° | 940 m | 11.9 mi |
| The Peak | SSW 200° | 889 m | 9.3 mi |
| Compton Peak | SW 216° | 887 m | 5.8 mi |
| Carson Mountain | SW 219° | 780 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Front Royal, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1468011 — High Knob, Warren County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562311
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 21 mi
- Loudoun County · 29 mi
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