Moore Knob
Moore Knob rises to 985 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the west, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Robinson Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 3.4 miles off. 147 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49051395, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 985 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 17.3 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 19.4 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 20.1 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Flag Rock Overlook · 6 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 18 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 18 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 18 mi
147 named places within 25 miles
- Coeburn Train Depot: 5.0 mi
- Ringley Park: 5.0 mi
- Clear Creek Park: 5.4 mi
- Veldon D. Dotson Recreation Park: 6.0 mi
- Locust Avenue Park: 6.4 mi
- Robinson Knob: 1.3 mi
- Black Hill: 1.7 mi
- Brushy Knob: 2.2 mi
- Big Flat Top: 3.8 mi
- Chimney Rock: 4.5 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 17.0 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 17.3 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 19.3 mi
- Pound Gap: 19.5 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 19.5 mi
- June Tolliver House: 14.0 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 14.3 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 14.4 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 18.5 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center: 18.5 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 18.8 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 6.2 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 6.3 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 23.3 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 24.3 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 6.2 mi
- Abrams Falls: 20.6 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moore Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | W 274° | 1,288 m | 6.0 mi |
| The Doubles | W 274° | 1,247 m | 19.8 mi |
| The Butt | E 98° | 1,226 m | 24.0 mi |
| Eagle Knob | W 275° | 1,196 m | 4.8 mi |
| Camp Rock | W 266° | 1,188 m | 5.3 mi |
| Little Mountain | W 266° | 1,130 m | 6.2 mi |
| Potato Hill | W 270° | 1,123 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bowling Knob | WSW 243° | 1,075 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:37 | 17:18 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wise 1SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1485543 — Moore Knob, Wise County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356573362
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