Purchase Knob
Purchase Knob rises to 633 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sols Knob, a peak 2.0 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49064537, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 633 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 2.6 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 23.3 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 4 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 4 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 4 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Duffield Community Park: 2.9 mi
- Mount Carmel Park: 10.6 mi
- Grogan Park: 11.9 mi
- Allandale Mansion: 12.3 mi
- R P Kane Athletic Field: 12.7 mi
- Sols Knob: 2.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 3.1 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 5.8 mi
- Big Rock: 6.3 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 4.7 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 12.9 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 13.3 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 14.2 mi
- Stone Face Rock: 14.8 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 10.9 mi
- The Rounds: 12.0 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 13.7 mi
- Miller Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 3.0 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 3.1 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 13.6 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 13.8 mi
- June Tolliver House: 13.8 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 18.6 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 20.0 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 22.4 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.0 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 22.0 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 22.9 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 19.9 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 24.8 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Purchase Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | NNE 31° | 1,288 m | 18.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,259 m | 17.8 mi |
| The Doubles | NNW 346° | 1,247 m | 17.1 mi |
| Camp Rock | NE 35° | 1,188 m | 18.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNW 343° | 1,123 m | 15.9 mi |
| Bowling Knob | N 4° | 1,075 m | 7.5 mi |
| Huff Rock | NNE 28° | 1,070 m | 14.3 mi |
| Little Stone Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,044 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:39 | 17:20 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Stone GAP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356582088
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 17 mi
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