Staley Knob
Staley Knob rises to 837 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Smyth County Museum, a museum 1.1 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49077490, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 837 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 27.8 mi off the New River Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Pond Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Rich Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Mollys Knob: 4.3 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 8.9 mi
- Hugh Helton Veterans Memorial Park: 15.0 mi
- Comers Rock Recreation Area: 16.1 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 20.3 mi
- Dark Hollow Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 13.5 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.0 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 16.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.1 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.3 mi
- Big Spring: 7.9 mi
- Brig Spring: 18.4 mi
- Sharon Springs: 20.1 mi
- Cave Spring: 20.2 mi
- Boiling Spring: 21.0 mi
- AT2020: 20.1 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 20.1 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 20.3 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 20.6 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 23.9 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 16.9 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 18.7 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 20.8 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 13.3 mi
- Listening Rock: 14.1 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 20.3 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 20.5 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 23.0 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Backbone Rock: 23.3 mi
- Raven Cliff: 24.8 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 1.1 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 14.8 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 20.9 mi
- Wooly: 14.8 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 20.3 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Staley Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | S 191° | 1,744 m | 11.4 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | S 183° | 1,689 m | 11.8 mi |
| Pine Mountain | S 184° | 1,684 m | 11.5 mi |
| Grave Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,540 m | 9.2 mi |
| Stone Mountain | S 171° | 1,503 m | 10.6 mi |
| Third Peak | SSE 168° | 1,502 m | 10.7 mi |
| Second Peak | SSE 167° | 1,476 m | 11.1 mi |
| Double Top | SSW 203° | 1,382 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:34 | 17:14 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saltville 1N, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583866
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