Reddish Knob
Reddish Knob rises to 1,338 m in Virginia. Flagpole Knob stands 1,336 m to the northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Dyers Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 24 miles off.
The story
Reddish Knob of Shenandoah Mountain is one of the highest points in Virginia, rising 4,397 feet (1,340 m). A narrow, paved road reaches the summit from Harrisonburg, Virginia.
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Wikidata Q7305636, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,338 m
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 24.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 4.4 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.9 mi
- Riven Rock Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area: 10.8 mi
- Dyers Knob: 0.9 mi
- Buck Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Sand Spring Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Bother Knob: 3.5 mi
- Lick Run Knob: 4.2 mi
- Maple Spring: 7.4 mi
- Hiner Spring: 7.5 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 7.8 mi
- Beaver Creek Spring: 10.9 mi
- Hall Spring: 15.0 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 10.8 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 12.8 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 13.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 15.8 mi
- Fort Harrison: 16.8 mi
- Love Essence: 19.5 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 19.5 mi
- Flames: 19.6 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 19.6 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 19.6 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 15.4 mi
- Highland County Museum: 16.1 mi
- Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center: 18.0 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 18.7 mi
- Museum Of American Jewelry Design and Manufacturing: 20.0 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 13.0 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 15.4 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 18.4 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 18.7 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 19.6 mi
- Heishman Garden: 19.5 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 20.5 mi
- ISAT Patio: 20.6 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 23.5 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 23.7 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 12.6 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 14.4 mi
- Locust Springs: 23.3 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 15.7 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 22.1 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 24.6 mi
- Raven Rocks: 11.2 mi
- Trinity Point: 18.6 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 21.3 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Reddish Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagpole Knob | NE 44° | 1,336 m | 4.5 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | NE 43° | 1,332 m | 4.4 mi |
| Freezland Flat | SSW 213° | 1,325 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bother Knob | NNE 28° | 1,323 m | 3.5 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | S 190° | 1,320 m | 4.8 mi |
| Hardscrabble Knob | SSW 213° | 1,305 m | 7.8 mi |
| Tearjacket Knob | SW 214° | 1,289 m | 7.2 mi |
| Big Bald Knob | SSW 202° | 1,260 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1486547 — Reddish Knob, Augusta County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356574266
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