Masons Knob
Masons Knob rises to 961 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Otter Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49048225, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 961 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 6 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 8 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Otter Park: 1.6 mi
- Starkey Youth Soccer Fields: 2.3 mi
- Garst Mill Park: 4.7 mi
- Bent Tree Dog Park: 4.7 mi
- Clearbrook Park: 4.8 mi
- Hemppatch Mountain: 2.6 mi
- McIlhaney Hill: 2.9 mi
- Buck Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Cahas Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 6.0 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Rorer Hall: 8.2 mi
- Caboose: 6.2 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 8.2 mi
- Salem Museum: 8.4 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 8.4 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 8.5 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 6.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 7.3 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 8.2 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 8.3 mi
- The Solar Wind: 8.5 mi
- Roanoke Star: 7.6 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 8.3 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 8.3 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 9.6 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 11.1 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 4.1 mi
- Explore Park: 11.1 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 7.3 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Beale Garden: 13.4 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 20.0 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 15.0 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 18.3 mi
- Cracker Point: 20.9 mi
- Calico Rock: 21.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.0 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 9.1 mi
- Camp Creek: 9.1 mi
- White Falls: 24.1 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 23.7 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 19.0 mi
- Howrytown: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Masons Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,141 m | 6.8 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,083 m | 4.1 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | NW 323° | 998 m | 11.7 mi |
| Bent Mountain | WSW 246° | 975 m | 4.4 mi |
| McAfee Knob | N 359° | 974 m | 15.1 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | WSW 246° | 972 m | 4.4 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | W 264° | 935 m | 2.6 mi |
| Cove Mountain | NNW 329° | 922 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Hill, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356563219
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 8 mi
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