Prospect Knob
Prospect Knob rises to 761 m in Virginia. Reddish Knob stands 1,338 m to the west-southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Narrowback Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49064243, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 761 m
How to reach it
- 26.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Dundo Overlook · 26 mi
- Brown Mountain Overlook · 26 mi
- Two Mile Run Overlook · 27 mi
- Rocky Top Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riven Rock Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- West Rockingham Ruritan Park: 6.2 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 7.5 mi
- Whitelow Park: 8.4 mi
- Wildwood Park: 8.8 mi
- Narrowback Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Riven Rock Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cooper Mountain: 2.6 mi
- River Rock Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Oak Knob: 3.5 mi
- Fort Harrison: 9.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.4 mi
- Cannon Veterans Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Monument: 11.0 mi
- JMU Alma Mater: 11.2 mi
- Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center: 9.2 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 9.3 mi
- Museum Of American Jewelry Design and Manufacturing: 11.2 mi
- Virginia Quilt Museum: 11.4 mi
- Explore More Discovery Museum: 11.4 mi
- Love Essence: 10.4 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 10.4 mi
- Flames: 10.4 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 10.4 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 10.4 mi
- Beaver Creek Spring: 3.5 mi
- Maple Spring: 4.1 mi
- Hall Spring: 11.5 mi
- Sand Spring: 11.6 mi
- Seawright Springs: 15.5 mi
- Heishman Garden: 10.3 mi
- ISAT Patio: 12.0 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 12.0 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 23.9 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 24.1 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 19.4 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 20.5 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 23.8 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 15.8 mi
- Fear Forest: 16.9 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 22.6 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 23.2 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 7.1 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 24.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 15.4 mi
- Trinity Point: 20.9 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 18.0 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Prospect Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reddish Knob | WSW 256° | 1,338 m | 9.6 mi |
| Flagpole Knob | W 279° | 1,336 m | 6.3 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | W 278° | 1,332 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bother Knob | W 276° | 1,323 m | 7.7 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | SW 235° | 1,320 m | 12.4 mi |
| High Knob | NW 313° | 1,246 m | 7.4 mi |
| Dyers Knob | WSW 254° | 1,245 m | 10.4 mi |
| Dundore Mountain | NW 304° | 1,244 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356582037
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