Sols Knob
Sols Knob rises to 558 m in Virginia. Potato Hill stands 1,123 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Purchase Knob, a peak 2.0 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49075562, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 558 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 3.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 25.1 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 5 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 5 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 5 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Duffield Community Park: 4.8 mi
- Mount Carmel Park: 9.0 mi
- Allandale Mansion: 11.0 mi
- Grogan Park: 11.5 mi
- Laurel Run Park: 11.9 mi
- Purchase Knob: 2.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 3.5 mi
- Big Rock: 4.7 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.9 mi
- Pine Hill: 6.3 mi
- The Wilderness Road Blockhouse: 6.1 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 12.1 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 12.2 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 12.7 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 16.0 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 5.0 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 5.1 mi
- Car Museum: 14.0 mi
- Southwest Virginia Museum: 15.5 mi
- Harry W. Meador Coal Museum: 15.8 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 10.9 mi
- The Rounds: 11.2 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 11.9 mi
- Miller Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Devil's Bathtub: 14.6 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 15.7 mi
- Mahala Mullins Cabin: 21.6 mi
- Vardy Presbyterian Church: 21.7 mi
- Portal 30: 23.4 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 17.6 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 20.0 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 20.9 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 20.1 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 20.8 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 23.1 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Sols Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Hill | NNW 344° | 1,123 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bowling Knob | N 3° | 1,075 m | 9.4 mi |
| Huff Rock | NNE 24° | 1,070 m | 16.1 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | NW 309° | 972 m | 10.7 mi |
| Chimneytop | SSE 162° | 945 m | 16.8 mi |
| Cliff Mountain | N 1° | 934 m | 8.4 mi |
| High Butte | N 352° | 928 m | 14.6 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | SSE 162° | 926 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:39 | 17:20 |
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 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pennington GAP, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493626 — Sols Knob, Scott County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582115
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 16 mi
Take the scenic way to Sols Knob.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.