Murray Knob
Murray Knob rises to 695 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Caboose, a museum 1.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49055955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 695 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 5 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 8 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McIlhaney Hill: 2.3 mi
- Cahas Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Buck Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Clearbrook Park: 4.4 mi
- Starkey Youth Soccer Fields: 4.8 mi
- Otter Park: 5.5 mi
- Sunrise Park: 6.0 mi
- Garden City Park: 6.3 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Rorer Hall: 9.1 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 9.2 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 9.2 mi
- Caboose: 1.7 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 9.2 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 9.2 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 9.2 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 9.3 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 8.7 mi
- Explore Park: 9.0 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 16.8 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 8.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 8.8 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 9.1 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 9.2 mi
- The Solar Wind: 12.2 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 6.3 mi
- Roanoke Star: 7.8 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 9.2 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 9.2 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 14.6 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 7.8 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Beale Garden: 14.9 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 24.7 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 19.5 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 20.8 mi
- Calico Rock: 20.8 mi
- Cracker Point: 21.2 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 12.6 mi
- Camp Creek: 12.6 mi
- White Falls: 23.4 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 24.1 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 19.5 mi
- Howrytown: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Murray Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,141 m | 11.7 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,083 m | 3.8 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | NW 316° | 998 m | 16.3 mi |
| Bent Mountain | W 274° | 975 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | W 274° | 972 m | 8.4 mi |
| Masons Knob | WNW 299° | 961 m | 4.9 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | WNW 287° | 935 m | 7.3 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | SW 222° | 801 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356563865
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 9 mi
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