Jobs Knob
Jobs Knob rises to 342 m in Ohio. Horseback Knob stands 403 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hays Hill, a peak 2.4 miles away. Hocking Hills Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34876645, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 342 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 16.4 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 45.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ross County Lake State Wildlife Area: 4.7 mi
- Mary Lou Patton Park: 7.8 mi
- Logan Elm State Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Yoctangee Park: 8.5 mi
- Poland Park: 8.6 mi
- Hays Hill: 2.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 3.8 mi
- Rock Hill: 4.0 mi
- Sand Hill: 4.2 mi
- Sugarloaf: 4.2 mi
- Ross Lake State Wildlife Area: 5.3 mi
- Cossin-Kreisel Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Kreisel Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Haddox Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Marsha Gunder Schneider Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Prospecting Company: 4.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre: 4.0 mi
- The Grove: 9.3 mi
- Adena Mansion & Gardens Historic Site: 9.5 mi
- Natural Bathtub: 12.4 mi
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Visitor Center: 8.2 mi
- Mighty Children's Museum: 8.7 mi
- Ross County Museum: 8.8 mi
- Lucy Webb Hayes Heritage Center: 9.0 mi
- Environmental Learning Center: 12.9 mi
- Alum Cliffs: 13.7 mi
- Airplane Rock: 15.8 mi
- Parish Rocks: 16.1 mi
- Sphinx Head: 16.8 mi
- Hocking Cliffs: 17.0 mi
- Rock House Falls: 14.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 15.2 mi
- Rim Trail Falls (off-trail): 15.3 mi
- Whispering Cave: 16.4 mi
- Broken Rock Falls: 16.7 mi
- Story Mound State Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Dard Hunter: 9.1 mi
- Homestead Ruins: 12.3 mi
- Pickaway County Veterans Memorial: 14.0 mi
- A W Marion Memorial: 14.9 mi
- Carlisle Hill Star: 9.1 mi
- Pumpkin Show Mural: 13.7 mi
- Ashville Fourth of July Parade: 21.2 mi
- Hawk Sculpture: 23.0 mi
- The Space Between Us: 24.7 mi
- Third Tier: 9.3 mi
- Ornimental Garden: 9.4 mi
- Knockemstiff: 17.2 mi
- Richland: 21.1 mi
- South Ridge: 6.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jobs Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseback Knob | SW 225° | 403 m | 17.4 mi |
| Chestnut Oak Knob | SW 224° | 402 m | 19.0 mi |
| Long | SSW 212° | 397 m | 21.9 mi |
| Sand Hill | WSW 240° | 395 m | 4.2 mi |
| Ball Knob | SW 221° | 394 m | 17.8 mi |
| Davis Knob | SW 223° | 392 m | 18.3 mi |
| McMechen Hill | SW 235° | 392 m | 24.5 mi |
| Rocky Knob | SW 224° | 390 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:29 | 17:12 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chillicothe Mound City, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357419198
Day trips start here
- Chillicothe · 9 mi
- Southeast Ohio · 20 mi
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