Knob of Rocks
Knob of Rocks rises to 937 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the south-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49042171, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 937 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 28.0 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bald Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Fork Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 2 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Mine Bank Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Flint Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Copelands Rocks: 1.9 mi
- Cellar Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 7.3 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 11.3 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 13.2 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 13.3 mi
- Rife Park: 13.5 mi
- Statler Brothers: 15.3 mi
- Augusta County: 15.4 mi
- Cannon: 16.1 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 17.5 mi
- Mirador: 18.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 2.7 mi
- Hickory Spring: 6.1 mi
- Dripping Rock: 7.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 7.8 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 7.9 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 10.1 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 14.0 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 14.1 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 14.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 15.3 mi
- Flower Pots: 15.2 mi
- Watering Can: 15.2 mi
- Staunton: 15.4 mi
- Chodo IX: 15.6 mi
- Peristyle: 19.7 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 5.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 9.8 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 15.4 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 16.1 mi
- Apple Cannon: 20.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 13.3 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 14.2 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 14.6 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 21.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 1.6 mi
- White Rock Falls: 2.1 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 7.9 mi
- Panther Falls: 19.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Trinity Point: 19.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.7 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 13.2 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 23.3 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 23.4 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 15.3 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 15.4 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 18.3 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 15.3 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 11.3 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Knob of Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,232 m | 7.1 mi |
| The Priest | S 174° | 1,227 m | 7.4 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | SSW 211° | 1,226 m | 9.2 mi |
| Three Ridges | SE 133° | 1,210 m | 6.9 mi |
| Devils Knob | E 96° | 1,172 m | 6.7 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | E 96° | 1,172 m | 6.7 mi |
| Little Priest | S 178° | 1,133 m | 8.6 mi |
| Spy Rock | SSW 199° | 1,128 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581930
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