Scott Knob
Scott Knob rises to 955 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Graham Recreation Park, a park 2.8 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071964, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 955 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 6.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 15.2 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 29.4 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 7 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bell Hill: 3.2 mi
- Chimney Rock: 5.5 mi
- East River Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 6.7 mi
- Pinnacle: 7.1 mi
- Graham Recreation Park: 2.8 mi
- Saint Lukes Cemetery: 3.2 mi
- Parkview Heights Park: 4.2 mi
- Pocahontas Historic District: 4.5 mi
- Pocahontas Town Park: 4.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 12.4 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 14.7 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 15.0 mi
- This Way: 15.0 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 6.4 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 22.9 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 14.5 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 16.6 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 17.5 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 17.5 mi
- Sharon Springs: 14.0 mi
- Big Spring: 22.1 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 5.0 mi
- Hix: 15.0 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 15.4 mi
- City Garden: 15.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Scott Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,437 m | 11.5 mi |
| Morris Knob | SW 227° | 1,358 m | 19.4 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | SSW 193° | 1,348 m | 9.8 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | S 189° | 1,344 m | 12.9 mi |
| East River Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,331 m | 6.1 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SSW 206° | 1,304 m | 5.5 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | SSE 152° | 1,270 m | 11.0 mi |
| Knob Mountain | SW 227° | 1,270 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:31 | 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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluefield, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493532 — Scott Knob, Tazewell County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582063
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