Round Knob
Round Knob rises to 606 m in Virginia. Big House Mountain stands 1,111 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bob Seibert Memorial, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Highlands Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49069677, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 606 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 14.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 15 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 15 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 16 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Viewing Rock: 0.8 mi
- Jump Rock: 1.4 mi
- Jump Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 2.4 mi
- The Knob: 2.6 mi
- Maury Monument: 1.8 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 6.9 mi
- Craigsville Community Park: 9.6 mi
- Rockbridge Alum Springs Historic District: 9.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 10.0 mi
- Bob Seibert Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 0.8 mi
- Liberty Hall Ruins: 11.2 mi
- George Catlett Marshall: 11.3 mi
- Korean War Roll of Honor: 11.3 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 10.1 mi
- Cockran Spring: 13.4 mi
- Chestnut Flat Spring: 14.5 mi
- Rocky Spring: 15.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.2 mi
- George C. Marshall: 11.3 mi
- George Washington: 11.3 mi
- The Cannonball: 11.3 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 11.3 mi
- Peristyle: 15.6 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 11.3 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 11.3 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 11.7 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 11.7 mi
- Bath County Historical Society: 19.9 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 12.0 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 17.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 21.0 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 21.9 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Lake Robertson: 13.7 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 17.3 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 20.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 18.4 mi
- Panther Falls: 19.0 mi
- Blue Suck Falls: 20.9 mi
- White Rock Falls: 21.5 mi
- Stony Run Falls: 21.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.9 mi
- Byrd Point: 18.2 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 21.6 mi
- Trinity Point: 22.9 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 8.5 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 24.3 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 24.3 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 24.8 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 0.8 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 9.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Round Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big House Mountain | SW 217° | 1,111 m | 10.7 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,088 m | 12.2 mi |
| Big Butt | SSW 209° | 1,053 m | 4.2 mi |
| Archer Knob | NNE 17° | 1,039 m | 12.2 mi |
| Little House Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,032 m | 10.5 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,003 m | 5.0 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,002 m | 7.2 mi |
| Chestnut Ridge | NNW 327° | 998 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495114 — Round Knob, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583404
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