Signal Knob
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Signal Knob rises to 642 m in Virginia. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Top Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Skyline Drive passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
Signal Knob is the northern peak of Massanutten Mountain in the Ridge and Valley Appalachians with an elevation of 2,106 feet (642 m). It is located in George Washington National Forest in Shenandoah County and Warren County in Virginia. The peak offers expansive views into the northern Shenandoah Valley and the town of Strasburg, Virginia.
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Wikidata Q7512673, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 642 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 33.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- Signal Knob Overlook · 10 mi
- Gooney Run Overlook · 11 mi
- Gooney Manor Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Three Top Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Meneka Peak: 0.8 mi
- Richardson Knob: 1.3 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 2.1 mi
- Hupp Hill: 2.8 mi
- Strasburg Town Park: 1.5 mi
- Strasburg Park: 1.6 mi
- Elizabeth Furnace Recreational Area: 2.3 mi
- Strasburg Historic District: 2.5 mi
- Hupp's Hill Civil War Park: 2.9 mi
- 128th New York Monument: 3.5 mi
- South Carolina Monument: 3.6 mi
- 8th Vermont Monument: 3.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Stephens Fort: 8.1 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 2.2 mi
- Hupp's Hill Museum: 2.9 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 8.0 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 8.1 mi
- Newtown Hitory Center: 10.4 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 8.0 mi
- Warrior Statue: 10.9 mi
- A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 16.6 mi
- The Peacemakers: 16.8 mi
- Bird In Flight: 16.9 mi
- Vaucluse Spring: 8.0 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 9.4 mi
- Roadside Spring: 12.2 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 15.7 mi
- Arie Vankan Spring: 16.6 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 11.9 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 12.5 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 12.6 mi
- Mountain Falls: 13.1 mi
- Greasy Falls: 13.4 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 7.5 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 21.5 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 21.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 22.0 mi
- Luray Caverns: 22.1 mi
- Three High Heads: 11.1 mi
- Dog Cliff: 11.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 14.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.9 mi
- Markley Rocks: 18.4 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 7.3 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 11.3 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 11.4 mi
- Red Bud Run: 20.1 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 21.2 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 9.4 mi
- Pavilian: 18.9 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 23.3 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 11.3 mi
- Old grape garden: 17.9 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 20.6 mi
- Beach 2: 23.9 mi
- Beach 3: 23.9 mi
- Beach 1: 24.1 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 22.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Signal Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,056 m | 14.1 mi |
| North Marshall | SSE 152° | 1,024 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mill Mountain | W 274° | 1,006 m | 16.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf | S 171° | 985 m | 14.5 mi |
| South Marshall | SSE 155° | 979 m | 14.4 mi |
| Sugar Knob | W 274° | 976 m | 15.1 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | W 271° | 951 m | 14.6 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | SSE 165° | 940 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodstock 2 NE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1500105 — Signal Knob, Shenandoah County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356587012
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