Sounding Knob
Sounding Knob rises to 1,334 m in Virginia. Elleber Knob stands 1,401 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Doe Hill, a peak 4.0 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49075670, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,334 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 10.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 19.3 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 23.7 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Doe Hill: 4.0 mi
- Trimble Knob: 4.0 mi
- Lawson Knob: 4.2 mi
- Rich Hills: 5.0 mi
- Big Hill: 5.7 mi
- Highland Park: 4.3 mi
- Old House Run Recreation Area: 14.2 mi
- Deerfield Park: 14.5 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 16.5 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 16.7 mi
- Bolar Spring: 10.1 mi
- Phillips Spring: 11.8 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 13.2 mi
- Hiner Spring: 14.8 mi
- Rocky Spring: 15.3 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 11.4 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 11.5 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 12.4 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 16.5 mi
- Boiler House: 17.8 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 4.6 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 6.7 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 7.9 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 8.1 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 4.6 mi
- Highland County Museum: 5.4 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 13.6 mi
- Bath County Historical Society: 23.4 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 6.3 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 12.6 mi
- Locust Springs: 16.7 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 6.0 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 11.6 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 23.6 mi
- Byrd Point: 10.3 mi
- Raven Rocks: 23.9 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 16.0 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 23.1 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Sounding Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elleber Knob | NW 305° | 1,401 m | 8.8 mi |
| Watering Pond Knob | NW 314° | 1,396 m | 8.7 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,370 m | 14.6 mi |
| Paddy Knob | WSW 244° | 1,365 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 302° | 1,363 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NW 322° | 1,362 m | 8.9 mi |
| Barren Rock | NE 44° | 1,335 m | 6.8 mi |
| Freezland Flat | E 89° | 1,325 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583862
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