Sheep Knob
Sheep Knob rises to 903 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,363 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49072800, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 903 m
How to reach it
- 16.0 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 16.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 25.5 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 27.9 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Hill: 2.0 mi
- Sittlington Hill: 2.7 mi
- Cedar Knob: 3.0 mi
- Summers Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Hulls Hill: 3.9 mi
- Deerfield Park: 8.4 mi
- Highland Park: 9.2 mi
- Craigsville Community Park: 15.6 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 20.2 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 21.0 mi
- Phillips Spring: 5.7 mi
- Rocky Spring: 9.3 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 10.6 mi
- Bolar Spring: 10.8 mi
- Hiner Spring: 11.3 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 6.4 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 6.5 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 22.6 mi
- Westlake Sundial: 23.0 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 9.3 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 9.5 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 11.9 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 12.6 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 24.5 mi
- Highland County Museum: 3.2 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 9.5 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 19.7 mi
- Bath County Historical Society: 23.1 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 5.2 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 7.5 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Locust Springs: 21.8 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 3.8 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 8.8 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 24.4 mi
- Byrd Point: 7.4 mi
- Trinity Point: 19.4 mi
- Raven Rocks: 24.6 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 17.4 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 20.4 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 22.9 mi
- Sunset: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Sheep Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 305° | 1,363 m | 14.1 mi |
| Elliott Knob | SE 130° | 1,358 m | 13.2 mi |
| Hogback | SE 133° | 1,355 m | 13.2 mi |
| Barren Rock | N 359° | 1,335 m | 8.7 mi |
| Sounding Knob | NW 308° | 1,334 m | 6.2 mi |
| Freezland Flat | ENE 65° | 1,325 m | 9.9 mi |
| Hardscrabble Knob | ENE 61° | 1,305 m | 11.1 mi |
| Tearjacket Knob | ENE 59° | 1,289 m | 11.6 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 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mustoe 1 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496212 — Sheep Knob, Highland County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583844
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