Texas Knob
Texas Knob rises to 800 m in Virginia. Arnolds Knob stands 1,186 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49082069, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 800 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 14 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 14 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 15 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Knob: 0.6 mi
- Fort Lewis Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Sandstone Ridge: 2.2 mi
- Cove Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Brush Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Wayside Park: 4.2 mi
- Havens State Game Refuge: 4.5 mi
- Lake Spring Park: 6.3 mi
- Mowles Spring Park: 6.6 mi
- Ted Webber Park: 6.9 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 4.5 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Destroyed Parking Lot as of 6/3/18: 10.5 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Salem Museum: 7.5 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 13.2 mi
- Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 13.6 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 13.6 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 13.7 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 8.5 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Carvins Cove: 12.1 mi
- The Solar Wind: 7.1 mi
- The Rock: 7.1 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 11.7 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 12.3 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 13.3 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 3.9 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 8.3 mi
- Keffer Oak: 10.9 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 13.3 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 13.4 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 13.3 mi
- Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- Beale Garden: 13.7 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 3.6 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.3 mi
- Bear Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 18.8 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 13.2 mi
- Camp Creek: 13.2 mi
- Cascades: 21.9 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 24.7 mi
- The Cascades: 24.8 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 5.3 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 23.2 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 23.7 mi
- Spring Well #25: 20.8 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 22.4 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 22.4 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 23.3 mi
- Howrytown: 18.6 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Texas Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnolds Knob | NW 325° | 1,186 m | 15.4 mi |
| Poor Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,141 m | 7.8 mi |
| Kelly Knob | WNW 283° | 1,141 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | N 354° | 1,117 m | 8.9 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NNW 349° | 1,108 m | 8.7 mi |
| Earn Knob | N 1° | 1,097 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bruisers Knob | WNW 289° | 1,045 m | 9.4 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | E 89° | 998 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495145 — Texas Knob, Roanoke County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583422
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 14 mi
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