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Little Turkey Knob

Little Turkey Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Little Turkey Knob rises to 967 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Turkey Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49045660, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
967 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.95762, -81.29844

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 25
Historic sites: 3
Springs: 2
Museums: 2
  • Smyth County Museum: 14.9 mi
  • Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 18.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Big Walker Lookout: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Bluefield Love Sign: 20.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Little Turkey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garden MountainNW 323°1,437 m10.6 mi
Iron MountainS 187°1,359 m14.6 mi
Hutchinson RockNNW 331°1,348 m11.5 mi
Chestnut KnobNW 321°1,344 m8.9 mi
Canadays RidgeS 189°1,320 m14.4 mi
Greaver BenchmarkN 10°1,270 m10.1 mi
Clinch MountainWNW 293°1,265 m14.3 mi
Ghost KnobNNW 337°1,250 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0319:37
June solstice06:0720:1020:49
September equinox07:1418:5019:24
December solstice07:3516:3217:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340495765686761504033
Precip in4.03.74.44.04.74.34.64.03.63.23.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499677 — Little Turkey Knob, Wythe County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356586815

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