Locust Knob
Locust Knob rises to 1,046 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the south-southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayes Knob, a peak 2.2 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 6.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Giles County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49045852, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,046 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 25.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hayes Knob: 2.2 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Wind Rock: 3.2 mi
- White Rock Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Brushy Top: 3.6 mi
- White Rock Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Pembroke Boat Ramp: 9.4 mi
- Salt Sulphur Springs Historic District: 9.4 mi
- Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.3 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 16.1 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 16.2 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 16.4 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 16.5 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 11.8 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 16.2 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 16.8 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 16.9 mi
- Second Creek Mill: 17.1 mi
- Barney's Wall: 4.9 mi
- Barneys Wall: 5.0 mi
- Bear Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 6.1 mi
- High Point: 18.8 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 10.0 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 21.7 mi
- Slaty Mountain Preserve: 22.0 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 14.9 mi
- Modern Art: 16.2 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 16.6 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 17.2 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 18.3 mi
- Junta: 15.7 mi
- Egypt: 16.7 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 17.2 mi
- Warford: 19.6 mi
- Lilly: 24.4 mi
- Keffer Oak: 12.3 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 15.3 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 19.1 mi
- Organ Cave: 20.7 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 23.0 mi
- Big Spring: 20.5 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 20.7 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 22.4 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 22.7 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 23.0 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 17.0 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 18.4 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 20.6 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 23.6 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 24.2 mi
- Middle Cascades: 24.2 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Locust Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | SSE 164° | 1,327 m | 6.3 mi |
| Butt Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,282 m | 5.5 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | SSW 209° | 1,256 m | 5.6 mi |
| Wind Rock | ESE 120° | 1,246 m | 3.2 mi |
| Wrights Peak | NE 42° | 1,242 m | 3.7 mi |
| Brushy Top | SSW 208° | 1,236 m | 3.6 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | ESE 116° | 1,232 m | 4.6 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,231 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 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 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union 3 SSE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495859 — Locust Knob, Giles County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583681
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