Morgan Knob
Morgan Knob rises to 936 m in Virginia. Hazeltop stands 1,149 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Third Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Skyline Drive passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49051538, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 936 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Oaks Overlook · 12 mi
- Bald Face Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- Baldface Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- South River Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stonewall Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- New Market Community Park: 9.3 mi
- New Market Pocket Park: 9.7 mi
- Rebel Park: 10.1 mi
- Ralph Sampson Park: 10.1 mi
- Third Mountain: 0.0 mi
- First Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Fourth Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Phillips Hill: 3.1 mi
- Grubbs Knob: 3.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 7.2 mi
- Fallen Solider Tribute: 9.2 mi
- JMU 9/11 Memorial: 10.9 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 11.0 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 3.4 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 7.6 mi
- Museum of American Calvary: 9.8 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum & Wharton Advance Trail: 10.1 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum: 10.2 mi
- Pitt Spring: 4.1 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 6.0 mi
- Rockingham springs: 7.4 mi
- Elkton Spring: 8.3 mi
- Lewis Spring: 12.9 mi
- Cedar Falls: 10.8 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 11.2 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 11.6 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 9.7 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 11.0 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 11.0 mi
- Flames: 11.0 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 11.1 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 11.9 mi
- Fear Forest: 12.4 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 14.4 mi
- Luray Caverns: 15.2 mi
- The Garden Maze: 15.3 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 13.2 mi
- Pavilian: 17.7 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 18.9 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 20.0 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 9.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 17.3 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 19.8 mi
- ISAT Patio: 11.1 mi
- Heishman Garden: 11.1 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 11.3 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 14.4 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 15.2 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 19.6 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 23.0 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Morgan Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazeltop | E 99° | 1,149 m | 12.6 mi |
| Blackrock | E 84° | 1,116 m | 12.9 mi |
| Lewis Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,087 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,083 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bush Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,076 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bald Face Mountain | SE 131° | 1,027 m | 11.9 mi |
| Lairds Knob | SSW 213° | 1,000 m | 4.8 mi |
| Grubbs Knob | SW 219° | 975 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:16 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499765 — Morgan Knob, Page County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586854
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 13 mi
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