Julian Knob
Julian Knob rises to 960 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the west-northwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49040302, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 960 m
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 23.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 28 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 29 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 30 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clover Hollow Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Keister Hill: 1.8 mi
- Kelly Knob: 2.3 mi
- Wolf Knob: 3.1 mi
- Johns Creek Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 2.7 mi
- Deerfield Park: 4.9 mi
- Blacksburg Rotary Mountain Biking Skills Park: 5.7 mi
- Shenandoah Bike Trail and Park: 5.9 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 6.7 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 7.3 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 7.3 mi
- The Pylons: 7.3 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 8.2 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 7.0 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 7.3 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 8.0 mi
- Modern Art: 8.2 mi
- Modern Art: 8.2 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 7.0 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 7.5 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 7.9 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 14.1 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 14.1 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 5.7 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Bear Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Barney's Wall: 7.3 mi
- Barneys Wall: 7.3 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 16.2 mi
- Keffer Oak: 5.2 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 9.9 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 14.1 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 16.7 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 19.9 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 7.9 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 9.0 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 13.9 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 22.0 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 22.2 mi
- Big Spring: 24.0 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 24.2 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 24.3 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 24.3 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 25.0 mi
- Cascades: 6.6 mi
- Camp Creek: 21.4 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 21.4 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 16.3 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 14.4 mi
- Water Front: 24.1 mi
- Junta: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Julian Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | WNW 290° | 1,327 m | 4.2 mi |
| Butt Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,282 m | 9.1 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | WNW 287° | 1,256 m | 8.9 mi |
| Wind Rock | NNW 333° | 1,246 m | 6.6 mi |
| Wrights Peak | NNW 342° | 1,242 m | 10.7 mi |
| Brushy Top | WNW 300° | 1,236 m | 8.6 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NNW 343° | 1,232 m | 5.7 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,231 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
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 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356575814
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- Roanoke · 29 mi
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