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High Knob

High Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates37.29181, -79.70281

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 23
Museums: 12
Gardens: 8
  • 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
Attractions: 8
Artworks: 7
Nature reserves: 6
Springs: 4
  • Big Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Hunting Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Marble Spring: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Tinker Cliffs: 19.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flat Top MountainNNE 31°1,215 m12.9 mi
Sharp Top MountainNNE 29°1,167 m11.2 mi
Headforemost MountainNNE 34°1,131 m15.6 mi
The PinnacleNNE 31°1,119 m13.3 mi
Buzzards RoostNNE 28°1,074 m10.9 mi
Harkening HillNNE 23°1,026 m12.4 mi
Chesnut MountainNNE 26°942 m14.6 mi
Little Harkening HillNNE 20°901 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5619:31
June solstice05:5920:0420:43
September equinox07:0718:4319:17
December solstice07:3016:2517:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947576472777569584840
Precip in3.63.03.53.94.64.74.33.84.43.63.33.7

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

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