Steer Knob
Steer Knob rises to 1,033 m in Virginia. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the north-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Brushy Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49077959, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,033 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 9.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 14.0 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 14 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Brushy Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Carter Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Goat Knob: 1.2 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Bryants Knob: 2.7 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 10.1 mi
- Settlers Museum of Southwest Virginia: 10.9 mi
- Cavitt's Creek Park: 12.1 mi
- Dark Hollow Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Overlook Park: 16.9 mi
- Big Spring: 4.3 mi
- Sharon Springs: 11.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.0 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 8.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.8 mi
- This Way: 21.8 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 10.1 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 11.6 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 18.0 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 14.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 18.7 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 24.3 mi
- Wooly: 17.9 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 20.9 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 14.0 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Hix: 18.0 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Steer Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,437 m | 6.7 mi |
| Morris Knob | WNW 295° | 1,358 m | 8.7 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | NNE 29° | 1,348 m | 8.4 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | NE 44° | 1,344 m | 5.9 mi |
| East River Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,331 m | 12.1 mi |
| Knob Mountain | NW 309° | 1,270 m | 8.1 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | ENE 58° | 1,270 m | 13.5 mi |
| Clinch Mountain | NW 308° | 1,265 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:33 | 17:13 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1497163 — Steer Knob, Tazewell County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356584476
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