High Knob
High Knob rises to 514 m in Virginia. Flat Top Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Bedford County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49036287, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 514 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 10 mi
- Montvale Overlook · 10 mi
- Harveys Knob Overlook · 11 mi
- Harvey's Knob Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Bramletts Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Lick Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Zimmerman Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Montvale Park: 5.4 mi
- Montvale Wayside: 7.0 mi
- Moneta Park: 8.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Park: 8.4 mi
- Stonebridge Park: 8.6 mi
- Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished): 8.0 mi
- Liberty Lake Park: 9.4 mi
- National D-Day Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 13.0 mi
- Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library: 10.4 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 10.7 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 13.0 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 13.0 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 13.0 mi
- Victory Garden: 9.5 mi
- Research and Demonstration Garden: 11.4 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 13.5 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Beale Garden: 13.8 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 9.6 mi
- Roanoke Star: 12.9 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 13.4 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 13.4 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 13.9 mi
- Rhinoceros: 8.3 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 13.4 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 13.4 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 14.6 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 15.5 mi
- Explore Park: 8.7 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 11.0 mi
- Carvins Cove: 17.1 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 20.6 mi
- Big Spring: 11.9 mi
- Hunting Spring: 22.9 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 23.5 mi
- Marble Spring: 24.1 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 13.7 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 14.4 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 18.1 mi
- Howrytown: 14.3 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 19.1 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,215 m | 12.9 mi |
| Sharp Top Mountain | NNE 29° | 1,167 m | 11.2 mi |
| Headforemost Mountain | NNE 34° | 1,131 m | 15.6 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NNE 31° | 1,119 m | 13.3 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | NNE 28° | 1,074 m | 10.9 mi |
| Harkening Hill | NNE 23° | 1,026 m | 12.4 mi |
| Chesnut Mountain | NNE 26° | 942 m | 14.6 mi |
| Little Harkening Hill | NNE 20° | 901 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
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 | 37 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1468010 — High Knob, Bedford County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562310
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 13 mi
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