Ratcliff Knob
Ratcliff Knob rises to 744 m in Virginia. Beartown Mountain stands 1,429 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Heartwood, a artwork 2.6 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49066643, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 744 m
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 18.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 28.3 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Puckett Knob: 3.0 mi
- Willoughby Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mock Knob: 6.7 mi
- Taylor Knob: 7.7 mi
- Observation Knob: 8.9 mi
- Lois H. Humphrey's Park: 3.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- Virginia Highlands Festival: 4.2 mi
- Munchkin Park: 4.4 mi
- Children's Park: 4.6 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 4.1 mi
- Memorial Tower: 10.1 mi
- Cobra: 10.4 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 10.4 mi
- gross/morrel homestead: 11.7 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 10.0 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 15.1 mi
- Cleveland Barrens Natural Area Preserve: 17.0 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.4 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 10.6 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Backbone Rock: 15.0 mi
- Pinnacle: 17.8 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 22.8 mi
- William King Museum: 3.5 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 3.7 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 4.0 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 10.5 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 20.0 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 11.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 15.0 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 15.5 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 17.1 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 20.3 mi
- Abrams Falls: 11.6 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 17.3 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 18.7 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 18.9 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 21.2 mi
- Heartwood: 2.6 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 13.8 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 15.2 mi
- Wooly: 20.0 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 7.3 mi
- Trials Playground: 21.0 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 21.9 mi
- Brig Spring: 19.6 mi
- Cave Spring: 19.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 20.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 12.8 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 13.3 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 2.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Ratcliff Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | NNE 29° | 1,429 m | 17.7 mi |
| Rich Knob | SSE 165° | 1,295 m | 13.9 mi |
| Brumley Mountain | N 3° | 1,287 m | 9.3 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | SSE 147° | 1,282 m | 16.6 mi |
| Middle Knob | NNE 19° | 1,264 m | 12.3 mi |
| Holston Mountain | S 185° | 1,264 m | 17.0 mi |
| Holston High Knob | S 185° | 1,261 m | 17.0 mi |
| Brumley Ridge | NNE 14° | 1,234 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abingdon 3S, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586928
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- Bristol · 11 mi
- Elizabethton · 27 mi
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