Irwin Knob
Irwin Knob rises to 499 m in Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the north, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is High Head, a peak 0.6 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 21 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49039192, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 499 m
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 21 mi
- Rattlesnake Point Overlook · 22 mi
- Hogback Overlook · 22 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Head: 0.6 mi
- Black Oak Ridge: 1.1 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Sugar Hill: 1.4 mi
- Threemile Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Trout Pond Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 6.6 mi
- Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 6.7 mi
- W.O. Riley Park: 6.9 mi
- Collie Grave: 0.8 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 7.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Indian Grave: 15.0 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 16.2 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 6.6 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 6.8 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 7.3 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 7.3 mi
- Main Street of Yesteryear: 12.8 mi
- Yellow Spring: 0.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.6 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 4.8 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 7.9 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 9.0 mi
- Bryce Resort: 8.8 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 12.8 mi
- The Garden Maze: 18.2 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 18.3 mi
- Luray Caverns: 18.3 mi
- Markley Rocks: 1.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 10.7 mi
- Three High Heads: 12.4 mi
- Helmick Rock: 15.7 mi
- Dog Cliff: 16.0 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 7.0 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 20.3 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 20.4 mi
- Mountain Falls: 21.0 mi
- Greasy Falls: 21.9 mi
- Pavilian: 13.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 18.8 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 23.6 mi
- Cootie Bug: 12.8 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 12.8 mi
- Love: 18.4 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 21.6 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 24.1 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 7.3 mi
- Lost River State Park: 13.8 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 23.2 mi
- Old grape garden: 0.8 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 6.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Irwin Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | N 5° | 1,006 m | 5.5 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | WNW 293° | 995 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sugar Knob | NNE 17° | 976 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | NNE 25° | 951 m | 5.0 mi |
| Long Mountain | NW 315° | 951 m | 5.2 mi |
| Snyder Knob | WNW 286° | 936 m | 7.4 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | NNE 29° | 910 m | 8.5 mi |
| Cove Mountain | W 265° | 898 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499597 — Irwin Knob, Shenandoah County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586776
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 29 mi
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