Raffety Knob
Raffety Knob rises to 968 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the east-southeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066346, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 968 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 22.9 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 29.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Knob: 0.7 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Coe Knob: 1.7 mi
- Bear Knob: 1.7 mi
- Hawthorne Knob: 1.7 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 7.4 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 12.8 mi
- The Meadows Sports Complex: 15.5 mi
- Landon Boyd Park: 15.5 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 12.8 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 12.9 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 16.1 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 16.4 mi
- William King Museum: 16.6 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 4.5 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 6.0 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 9.5 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 18.5 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 7.3 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 7.7 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 16.0 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 16.9 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 24.0 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 13.2 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 14.8 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 19.6 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 22.1 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 22.9 mi
- Brig Spring: 6.4 mi
- Cave Spring: 8.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 9.2 mi
- Big Spring: 19.8 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 7.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 7.6 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 11.1 mi
- Listening Rock: 11.6 mi
- Trials Playground: 19.7 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 23.0 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 23.6 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 7.4 mi
- Wooly: 12.9 mi
- Heartwood: 17.5 mi
- Backbone Rock: 10.5 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 15.2 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 17.4 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Raffety Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | ESE 111° | 1,744 m | 8.5 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | ESE 111° | 1,689 m | 10.0 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | SE 135° | 1,684 m | 6.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,684 m | 9.7 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | SE 141° | 1,553 m | 6.2 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,526 m | 11.1 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SE 144° | 1,513 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SE 133° | 1,480 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356574228
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