Mars Knob
Mars Knob rises to 444 m in Virginia. Maintop Mountain stands 1,232 m to the west-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Pats Knob, a peak 2.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49048037, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 444 m
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Priest Overlook · 8 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 9 mi
- The Slacks Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pats Knob: 2.0 mi
- Mills Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bryant Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Cat Rock Mountain: 3.1 mi
- High Top Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 13.9 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 15.4 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 16.9 mi
- Rife Park: 19.2 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 5.2 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 7.5 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 14.0 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 14.7 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 17.2 mi
- Hickory Spring: 9.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 10.5 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 10.6 mi
- Dripping Rock: 10.7 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 11.7 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 4.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 12.8 mi
- James River at Wingina: 16.7 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 17.2 mi
- White Rock Falls: 9.6 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 10.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 12.8 mi
- Panther Falls: 18.9 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Mirador: 20.2 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 22.9 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 24.5 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 5.2 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 8.0 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 12.2 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 8.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 24.9 mi
- Knight Statue: 21.7 mi
- Peristyle: 21.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 9.3 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 9.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Mars Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintop Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,232 m | 9.4 mi |
| The Priest | WNW 292° | 1,227 m | 6.1 mi |
| Three Ridges | NNW 344° | 1,210 m | 5.2 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | N 1° | 1,172 m | 9.0 mi |
| Devils Knob | N 1° | 1,172 m | 9.0 mi |
| Little Priest | W 280° | 1,133 m | 6.3 mi |
| Spy Rock | WNW 287° | 1,128 m | 9.3 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | N 8° | 1,050 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1485195 — Mars Knob, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356573127
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 28 mi
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