Silas Knob
Silas Knob rises to 904 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the northeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Apple Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073831, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 904 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 19.0 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- House Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 7 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Apple Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Bluff Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Entoto Knob: 1.4 mi
- Punchbowl Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Knick Field: 4.9 mi
- Centennial Park: 5.0 mi
- Otter Creek Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 5.8 mi
- Laurel Park: 5.8 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 1.1 mi
- Indian and Settler Conflict: 4.4 mi
- Old Mine Entrance: 6.9 mi
- Glenwood Furnace: 8.6 mi
- Washington And Lee University: 10.5 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 10.3 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 10.3 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 10.5 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 10.6 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 13.9 mi
- Padgett Obelisk: 4.9 mi
- Knight Statue: 6.3 mi
- Peristyle: 6.3 mi
- George Washington: 10.5 mi
- The Cannonball: 10.5 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 16.7 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 17.9 mi
- Rain Garden: 18.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 19.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 19.7 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 7.7 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 9.3 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 9.8 mi
- Natural Bridge of Virginia: 10.1 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 10.2 mi
- Marble Spring: 6.8 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 7.6 mi
- Hunting Spring: 8.1 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 10.6 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 11.6 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 11.5 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 17.0 mi
- Lake Robertson: 17.3 mi
- Hollins Mill Park: 19.3 mi
- Panther Falls: 5.6 mi
- Lace Falls: 10.6 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 13.1 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 17.0 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 23.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 24.0 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Silas Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NE 50° | 1,232 m | 9.8 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 46° | 1,025 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NE 49° | 1,015 m | 1.1 mi |
| Highcock Knob | SW 216° | 931 m | 7.3 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | WSW 237° | 910 m | 1.9 mi |
| Fletcher Mountain | ENE 57° | 888 m | 9.1 mi |
| Whites Peak | NNE 21° | 881 m | 9.1 mi |
| Highco Mountain | NE 36° | 868 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493594 — Silas Knob, Amherst County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582104
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 20 mi
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