Robinson Knob
Robinson Knob rises to 1,004 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 1,288 m to the west, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 2.9 miles off. 139 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068798, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,004 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 17.6 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 18.2 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
- 19.2 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Flag Rock Overlook · 5 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 17 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 17 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 18 mi
139 named places within 25 miles
- Clear Creek Park: 4.2 mi
- Locust Avenue Park: 5.1 mi
- Veterans Park: 5.5 mi
- Legion Park: 5.6 mi
- Veldon D. Dotson Recreation Park: 5.6 mi
- Black Hill: 1.0 mi
- Brushy Knob: 1.2 mi
- Moore Knob: 1.3 mi
- Big Flat Top: 3.1 mi
- Eagle Knob: 3.5 mi
- June Tolliver House: 12.8 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 13.0 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 13.2 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum: 18.4 mi
- Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center: 18.4 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 16.4 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 17.5 mi
- Old Meade Homeplace: 18.7 mi
- Pound Gap: 18.8 mi
- Leonard Woods Lynched: 18.8 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 20.1 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 5.0 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson: 5.5 mi
- War memorial Honor Roll: 22.1 mi
- Betty J. Gilliam Sculpture Garden: 5.5 mi
- Abrams Falls: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Robinson Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | W 270° | 1,288 m | 4.8 mi |
| The Doubles | W 273° | 1,247 m | 18.5 mi |
| Eagle Knob | W 271° | 1,196 m | 3.5 mi |
| Camp Rock | W 259° | 1,188 m | 4.0 mi |
| Little Mountain | W 261° | 1,130 m | 5.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | W 269° | 1,123 m | 19.0 mi |
| Bowling Knob | WSW 240° | 1,075 m | 15.9 mi |
| Huff Rock | WSW 250° | 1,070 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:37 | 17:18 |
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 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wise 1SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499974 — Robinson Knob, Wise County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586940
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