Spring Knob
Spring Knob rises to 1,012 m in Virginia. Butt Mountain stands 1,282 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ragged Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49076736, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,012 m
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 14.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 15.1 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 17.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 18 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ragged Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Buckhorn Knob: 1.2 mi
- Jesses Knob: 1.7 mi
- Tater Knob: 3.6 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Tate Lohr Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
- Princeton City Park: 8.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
- Camp Success Campground: 9.0 mi
- Knob Street Park: 9.3 mi
- Stone Arch: 10.1 mi
- This Way: 13.2 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 16.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 21.9 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 13.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 18.3 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 19.6 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 9.1 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 9.1 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 9.7 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 12.8 mi
- High Point: 9.7 mi
- Barneys Wall: 21.3 mi
- Barney's Wall: 21.3 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 24.9 mi
- City Garden: 9.9 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 19.8 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 19.9 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 24.7 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 14.5 mi
- Junta: 17.5 mi
- Warford: 17.9 mi
- Lilly: 20.8 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 17.2 mi
- DAK Lights: 19.6 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 7.5 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 22.0 mi
- Sharon Springs: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Spring Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butt Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,282 m | 19.6 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | SW 233° | 1,270 m | 21.0 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | ENE 73° | 1,256 m | 19.7 mi |
| Gose Knob | WSW 242° | 1,244 m | 21.8 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | WNW 303° | 1,239 m | 1.2 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,238 m | 6.3 mi |
| Brushy Top | ENE 69° | 1,236 m | 21.2 mi |
| Walker Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,224 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:30 | 17:10 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1487456 — Spring Knob, Giles County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356574909
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