Pats Knob
Pats Knob rises to 660 m in Virginia. The Priest stands 1,227 m to the west, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is High Top Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49060170, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 660 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 28.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 8 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 9 mi
- Ravens Roost Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Top Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Mills Mountain: 1.4 mi
- White Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mars Knob: 2.0 mi
- Woods Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 11.8 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 16.4 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 16.5 mi
- Simpson Park: 18.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 3.6 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 6.1 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 12.2 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 16.3 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 18.6 mi
- Hickory Spring: 8.8 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 9.6 mi
- Dripping Rock: 9.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.0 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 13.5 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 2.2 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 14.8 mi
- James River at Wingina: 16.0 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.8 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 9.4 mi
- White Rock Falls: 10.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 13.3 mi
- Panther Falls: 20.9 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 18.4 mi
- Mirador: 18.4 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 23.0 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 24.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 3.6 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 9.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 13.9 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 6.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 22.9 mi
- Knight Statue: 23.6 mi
- Peristyle: 23.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 7.8 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Pats Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Priest | W 280° | 1,227 m | 7.6 mi |
| Three Ridges | NW 322° | 1,210 m | 5.1 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | NNW 349° | 1,172 m | 8.2 mi |
| Devils Knob | NNW 349° | 1,172 m | 8.2 mi |
| Little Priest | W 271° | 1,133 m | 8.0 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | N 355° | 1,050 m | 7.5 mi |
| The Friar | WSW 258° | 1,007 m | 10.1 mi |
| Fork Mountain | WNW 301° | 998 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1486083 — Pats Knob, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356573937
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 29 mi
- Lynchburg · 29 mi
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