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Kelly Knob

Kelly Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Kelly Knob rises to 1,141 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the west, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Clover Hollow Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49041099, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1141 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.35596, -80.44061

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Newport Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
  • Blacksburg Shooting range: 4.7 mi
  • White Rock Recreation Area: 5.9 mi
  • Deerfield Park: 6.5 mi
  • Shenandoah Bike Trail and Park: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 16
Nature reserves: 10
Artworks: 10
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cascades: 7.4 mi
  • Camp Creek: 21.8 mi
  • Bent Mountain Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Beaverdam Falls: 24.1 mi
  • The Cascades: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Keffer Oak: 3.7 mi
  • Eastern Continental Divide: 8.0 mi
  • Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 15.8 mi
  • Dixie Caverns: 16.2 mi
  • Tingler's Mill: 17.6 mi
Gardens: 5
Springs: 5
  • Big Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Old Sweet Springs: 21.9 mi
  • Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Cove Creek Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Kelly Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobW 266°1,327 m5.3 mi
Butt MountainW 275°1,282 m10.0 mi
Lookoff RockW 274°1,256 m9.8 mi
Wind RockNW 313°1,246 m5.9 mi
Wrights PeakNNW 331°1,242 m9.5 mi
Brushy TopWNW 286°1,236 m9.1 mi
Lone Pine PeakNW 321°1,232 m4.7 mi
Salt Pond MountainNW 321°1,231 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5919:34
June solstice06:0220:0820:46
September equinox07:1018:4619:20
December solstice07:3316:2717:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542516068727064534335
Precip in3.22.83.83.84.54.34.23.63.42.92.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356572707

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