Panther Knob
Panther Knob rises to 621 m in Virginia. Cahas Mountain stands 1,083 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Tory Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49059684, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 621 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 5 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 5 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 6 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tory Knob: 1.1 mi
- Lynville Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Pine Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Roanoke Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Jae Valley Park: 3.0 mi
- Mayflower Hills Park: 4.1 mi
- Mount Pleasant Park: 4.7 mi
- Garden City Park: 5.2 mi
- Clearbrook Park: 5.8 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 7.7 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 7.7 mi
- Rorer Hall: 7.9 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 6.9 mi
- Caboose: 7.3 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 7.7 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 7.7 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 7.8 mi
- Explore Park: 3.6 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 12.4 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Carvins Cove: 16.0 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 7.9 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 8.0 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 8.5 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 8.7 mi
- The Rock: 13.7 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 4.4 mi
- Roanoke Star: 6.4 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 8.0 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 8.0 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 18.6 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 6.9 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Beale Garden: 12.7 mi
- Victory Garden: 19.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 18.9 mi
- Camp Creek: 18.9 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 24.9 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 19.7 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 19.2 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 21.5 mi
- Howrytown: 17.6 mi
- Big Spring: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Panther Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahas Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,083 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bent Mountain | W 260° | 975 m | 14.3 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | W 260° | 972 m | 14.3 mi |
| Masons Knob | W 265° | 961 m | 10.1 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | W 265° | 935 m | 12.7 mi |
| Twelve O'clock Knob | WNW 288° | 792 m | 13.6 mi |
| Weaver Knob | N 10° | 784 m | 8.3 mi |
| Foster Knob | NNE 18° | 778 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356564373
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 8 mi
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