Locust Knob
Locust Knob rises to 846 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cavitt's Creek Park, a park 3.6 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49045854, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 846 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 12.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 18.9 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 26.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 13 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bell Hill: 5.2 mi
- Dial Rock: 5.3 mi
- East River Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Short Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Buckhorn Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Cavitt's Creek Park: 3.6 mi
- Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Graham Recreation Park: 10.3 mi
- Pocahontas Town Park: 10.3 mi
- Pocahontas Historic District: 10.4 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 7.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Space Shuttle Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Bartley Mine Disaster: 15.9 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 8.2 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 23.8 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 24.8 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 24.8 mi
- Sharon Springs: 16.7 mi
- Big Spring: 19.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.0 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 13.1 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 24.3 mi
- Hix: 7.6 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 12.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 19.0 mi
- City Garden: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Locust Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,437 m | 10.6 mi |
| Morris Knob | SSW 210° | 1,358 m | 13.5 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | SSE 147° | 1,348 m | 9.6 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | SSE 155° | 1,344 m | 12.4 mi |
| East River Mountain | SE 130° | 1,331 m | 5.7 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SE 124° | 1,304 m | 6.0 mi |
| Knob Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,270 m | 11.5 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | ESE 123° | 1,270 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
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 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499680 — Locust Knob, Tazewell County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586817
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