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Stewart Knob

Stewart Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Stewart Knob rises to 739 m in Virginia. Buzzards Roost stands 1,074 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished), a historic site 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49078132, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
739 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.30931, -79.84751

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stonebridge Park: 1.6 mi
  • Bonsack Park: 2.3 mi
  • Goode Park: 2.3 mi
  • Vineyark Park East: 2.5 mi
  • Vineyard Park West: 2.9 mi
Historic sites: 21
Museums: 12
  • Vinton Historical Society Museum: 3.4 mi
  • O. Winston Link Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Taubman Museum of Art: 5.6 mi
  • Taubman Museum of Art: 5.6 mi
  • Roanoke Pinball Museum: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Artworks: 7
Gardens: 7
  • Beale Garden: 6.0 mi
  • George Washington Carver Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Mountain View Community Garden: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 6
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 3
  • Tinker Cliffs: 12.2 mi
  • Dragon's Tooth: 18.2 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 16.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Stewart Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buzzards RoostENE 57°1,074 m15.6 mi
McAfee KnobWNW 299°974 m11.9 mi
Masons KnobSW 227°961 m13.8 mi
North MountainWNW 301°925 m14.8 mi
Tinker MountainNW 316°888 m12.0 mi
McFalls MountainNE 50°842 m15.2 mi
Harveys KnobNE 36°809 m11.7 mi
Sunset HillNE 54°806 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:31
June solstice06:0020:0520:44
September equinox07:0818:4419:18
December solstice07:3116:2517:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148586674787670594841
Precip in3.22.93.53.54.34.74.33.44.13.03.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1487568 — Stewart Knob, Roanoke County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/263646368

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