The Knob
The Knob rises to 758 m in Virginia. Knob Mountain stands 873 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hiden Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082596, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 758 m
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 14 mi
- Pass Mountain Overlook · 14 mi
- Stony Man Overlook · 14 mi
- Stony Man Lookout · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kerns Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Duncan Knob: 2.7 mi
- Catback Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Waterfall Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Middle Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Mountain Lion Reminiscing Park: 3.2 mi
- Mayors Park: 3.2 mi
- Mount Jackson Community Park: 3.5 mi
- Camp Roosevelt Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Rebel Park: 6.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.2 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 5.4 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 7.1 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 7.4 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 8.1 mi
- American Celebration on Parade: 4.1 mi
- Main Street of Yesteryear: 4.2 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 5.9 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum: 6.5 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum & Wharton Advance Trail: 6.5 mi
- Hiden Spring: 0.8 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 6.0 mi
- Pitt Spring: 11.5 mi
- Shenandoah Alum Springs: 13.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.1 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 14.8 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 15.9 mi
- Rose River Falls: 16.5 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 16.5 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 16.6 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 4.1 mi
- Cootie Bug: 4.1 mi
- Love: 7.2 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 13.5 mi
- Flames: 23.3 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 6.5 mi
- Markley Rocks: 12.2 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 15.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 16.4 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 17.5 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 4.2 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 5.9 mi
- The Garden Maze: 7.0 mi
- Luray Caverns: 7.1 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 8.0 mi
- Pavilian: 4.0 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 15.0 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 15.6 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 23.2 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 11.2 mi
- Lost River State Park: 21.3 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 24.2 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 24.4 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 24.5 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 11.7 mi
- Old grape garden: 12.9 mi
- Heishman Garden: 23.3 mi
- ISAT Patio: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of The Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knob Mountain | E 88° | 873 m | 13.1 mi |
| Big Mountain | SSW 196° | 859 m | 9.4 mi |
| Short Mountain | NE 34° | 856 m | 4.9 mi |
| Middle Mountain | SSE 150° | 855 m | 3.1 mi |
| Waterfall Mountain | SSE 160° | 840 m | 2.9 mi |
| Duncan Knob | ESE 119° | 833 m | 2.7 mi |
| Neighbor Mountain | E 98° | 832 m | 12.6 mi |
| Waonaze Peak | NE 40° | 825 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583901
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 17 mi
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