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Mollys Knob

Mollys Knob rises to 992 m in Virginia. Grave Mountain stands 1,540 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Three C Benchmark, a peak 2.1 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49050915, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
992 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.88413, -81.50988

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 11
Springs: 6
Nature reserves: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 4
Museums: 3
  • Smyth County Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 14.0 mi
  • Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 16.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Wooly: 14.0 mi
  • Newman Basket Company: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Big Walker Lookout: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Mollys Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grave MountainSSW 193°1,540 m13.2 mi
Double TopSSW 195°1,382 m13.0 mi
Morris KnobNNW 333°1,358 m12.9 mi
Hurricane MountainS 186°1,355 m12.5 mi
Flat TopS 189°1,341 m12.7 mi
Canadays RidgeSE 134°1,320 m13.2 mi
Seng MountainS 189°1,274 m11.7 mi
Clinch MountainN 352°1,265 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0419:38
June solstice06:0820:1120:49
September equinox07:1518:5019:25
December solstice07:3616:3317:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536270737267554437
Precip in3.83.84.34.34.34.45.14.53.53.03.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356573332

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