The Knob
The Knob rises to 431 m in Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Davey Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4768025.
Wikidata Q49082597, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 431 m
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 20 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 21 mi
- Beahms Gap Overlook · 21 mi
- Pass Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Davey Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mumaw Hill: 1.0 mi
- Snider Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pence Hill: 2.1 mi
- Buck Hill: 2.6 mi
- Mount Jackson Community Park: 6.0 mi
- Mayors Park: 6.2 mi
- Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 8.1 mi
- W.O. Riley Park: 8.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.3 mi
- Yellow Spring: 5.3 mi
- Shenandoah Alum Springs: 7.0 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 9.0 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 9.3 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 5.3 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 5.9 mi
- Main Street of Yesteryear: 8.3 mi
- American Celebration on Parade: 8.4 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 9.1 mi
- Collie Grave: 4.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 11.3 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 11.8 mi
- Indian Grave: 14.8 mi
- Markley Rocks: 3.7 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 14.5 mi
- Hanging Rock: 14.6 mi
- Helmick Rock: 16.6 mi
- Three High Heads: 16.7 mi
- Bryce Resort: 5.6 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 8.3 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 14.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 15.3 mi
- Luray Caverns: 15.4 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 6.5 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 20.3 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 20.4 mi
- Greasy Falls: 21.8 mi
- Cave Falls: 24.7 mi
- Cootie Bug: 8.4 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 8.4 mi
- Love: 15.5 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 17.0 mi
- Pavilian: 10.8 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 15.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 22.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 24.4 mi
- Old grape garden: 4.6 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 8.7 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 8.7 mi
- Lost River State Park: 13.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of The Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | N 10° | 1,006 m | 10.0 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | NNW 331° | 995 m | 7.4 mi |
| Long Mountain | NNW 343° | 951 m | 8.4 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | NNE 21° | 951 m | 9.5 mi |
| Snyder Knob | NW 318° | 936 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cove Mountain | WNW 292° | 898 m | 9.3 mi |
| Tibbet Knob | NNW 339° | 894 m | 5.8 mi |
| Big Schloss | N 360° | 894 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356575178
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 26 mi
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