Knob Mountain
Knob Mountain rises to 1,270 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the east, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Rock, a peak 0.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49042169, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,270 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 16.8 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 20 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chimney Rock: 0.3 mi
- Battle Knob: 1.3 mi
- Morris Knob: 2.2 mi
- Tater Knob: 2.5 mi
- Gobbler Knob: 3.0 mi
- Cavitt's Creek Park: 7.9 mi
- Overlook Park: 9.6 mi
- Williams Park: 11.6 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 13.7 mi
- Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area: 14.0 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 4.8 mi
- Bartley Mine Disaster: 20.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.4 mi
- Space Shuttle Memorial: 22.3 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 24.9 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 3.5 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 16.4 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 16.8 mi
- Big Spring: 11.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 15.2 mi
- Sharon Springs: 17.1 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 12.9 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 23.6 mi
- Wooly: 16.4 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 21.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Hix: 11.0 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Knob Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | E 85° | 1,437 m | 9.6 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | SW 227° | 1,379 m | 13.4 mi |
| Morris Knob | SW 228° | 1,358 m | 2.2 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | ENE 78° | 1,348 m | 10.6 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | SW 230° | 1,345 m | 15.8 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | E 95° | 1,344 m | 10.4 mi |
| East River Mountain | NE 55° | 1,331 m | 11.5 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SW 234° | 1,323 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:33 | 17:14 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richlands, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356572780
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