Mill Knob
Mill Knob rises to 627 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Falls Ridge Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49050175, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 627 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 25.5 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 16 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 16 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 19 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hightop Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Dee Cee Hill: 2.2 mi
- Middle Piece Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Paris Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Den Hill: 3.7 mi
- Shawsville Historic District: 3.5 mi
- Creed Fields Park: 3.7 mi
- Wayside Park: 4.1 mi
- John Lemley Park: 4.5 mi
- Sunrise Park: 5.0 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 6.5 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 6.6 mi
- The Pylons: 6.6 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Montgomery County Public Safety Monument: 7.4 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 6.3 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 6.4 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 6.8 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 7.0 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 7.3 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 5.0 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 6.4 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 6.5 mi
- Modern Art: 10.2 mi
- Modern Art: 10.2 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 4.8 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 6.7 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 14.1 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 20.3 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 11.7 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 13.2 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 7.4 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 8.1 mi
- Keffer Oak: 11.1 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 12.9 mi
- One Clear View: 19.4 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 13.4 mi
- Bear Cliff: 16.0 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 16.1 mi
- Barney's Wall: 19.4 mi
- Barneys Wall: 19.4 mi
- Camp Creek: 8.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 8.9 mi
- Cascades: 18.8 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 5.3 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 13.9 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 13.9 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 19.8 mi
- Spring Well #25: 16.3 mi
- Water Front: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Mill Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 310° | 1,327 m | 16.5 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NW 325° | 1,232 m | 17.8 mi |
| Poor Mountain | E 90° | 1,141 m | 8.5 mi |
| Kelly Knob | NW 326° | 1,141 m | 13.2 mi |
| Johns Creek Mountain | NW 308° | 1,121 m | 15.8 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,117 m | 17.5 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NNE 17° | 1,108 m | 16.9 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,083 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:07 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:27 | 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 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1470523 — Mill Knob, Montgomery County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356563363
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 21 mi
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