Rocky Knob
Rocky Knob rises to 390 m in Ohio. Horseback Knob stands 403 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ross County Lake State Wildlife Area, a park 0.9 miles away. Welsh Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34830585, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 390 m
How to reach it
- 14.7 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 17.3 mi off the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 42.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rock Garden Hill: 1.1 mi
- Sand Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Ives: 1.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Logan: 1.7 mi
- Ross County Lake State Wildlife Area: 0.9 mi
- Mary Lou Patton Park: 3.2 mi
- Poland Park: 4.0 mi
- Yoctangee Park: 4.0 mi
- Southern Playground: 4.4 mi
- Ross Lake State Wildlife Area: 1.2 mi
- Pleasant Valley State Wildlife Area: 6.9 mi
- Buzzard's Roost Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Cossin-Kreisel Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Kreisel Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre: 2.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Prospecting Company: 2.4 mi
- The Grove: 5.2 mi
- Adena Mansion & Gardens Historic Site: 5.3 mi
- Natural Bathtub: 8.2 mi
- Alum Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 15.6 mi
- Lookout Point: 16.0 mi
- Sugar Point: 16.4 mi
- Parish Rocks: 19.6 mi
- Rock House Falls: 18.6 mi
- Lower Falls: 19.2 mi
- Rim Trail Falls (off-trail): 19.3 mi
- Whispering Cave: 19.9 mi
- Ash Cave: 20.1 mi
- Mighty Children's Museum: 4.1 mi
- Ross County Museum: 4.3 mi
- Lucy Webb Hayes Heritage Center: 4.4 mi
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Visitor Center: 4.6 mi
- Environmental Learning Center: 8.7 mi
- Dard Hunter: 4.6 mi
- Story Mound State Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Homestead Ruins: 8.1 mi
- Pickaway County Veterans Memorial: 16.6 mi
- A W Marion Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Carlisle Hill Star: 4.6 mi
- Pumpkin Show Mural: 16.3 mi
- Ashville Fourth of July Parade: 24.0 mi
- Third Tier: 5.2 mi
- Ornimental Garden: 5.3 mi
- Knockemstiff: 12.7 mi
- Richland: 21.2 mi
- South Ridge: 8.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Rocky Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseback Knob | SW 226° | 403 m | 12.8 mi |
| Chestnut Oak Knob | SW 223° | 402 m | 14.4 mi |
| Long | SSW 208° | 397 m | 17.5 mi |
| Sand Hill | NNW 340° | 395 m | 1.3 mi |
| Ball Knob | SW 220° | 394 m | 13.2 mi |
| Nevins Hill | WSW 254° | 393 m | 22.8 mi |
| Davis Knob | SW 223° | 392 m | 13.7 mi |
| McMechen Hill | WSW 237° | 392 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:22 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:30 | 17:12 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chillicothe Mound City, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1066927 — Rocky Knob, Ross County, Ohio.
OpenStreetMap element node/357468266
Day trips start here
- Chillicothe · 4 mi
- Southeast Ohio · 23 mi
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