The Knob
The Knob rises to 465 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the west, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Berry Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Washington County, New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34812370, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 465 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 14.0 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 16.7 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 16.7 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Kane's Falls · 13 mi
- Flag View · 17 mi
- Summit View · 17 mi
- The Eagle's Eye · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Berry Hill: 0.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Ward Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Riverside Park: 5.5 mi
- Hazel Island: 5.5 mi
- Sarah Island: 5.6 mi
- Pleasure Island: 7.1 mi
- Lafayette's Tour: 5.5 mi
- Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Bolton Time Capsule: 9.9 mi
- Old Champlain Canal Lock 19: 11.7 mi
- West Castleton Slate Co mill complex: 12.5 mi
- future preserve: 2.2 mi
- Leeming Jelliffe Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Terzian Woodlot: 5.0 mi
- The Saddles State Forest: 5.4 mi
- East Bay Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
- Deer Leap: 4.0 mi
- Uncas Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Ark Wall: 7.0 mi
- The Great Ledge: 9.7 mi
- The Great Ledge: 9.9 mi
- Skenesborough Museum: 5.5 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 10.0 mi
- Benson Museum: 10.5 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 14.3 mi
- Mount Independence State Historic Site Museum: 14.8 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 16.4 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 17.8 mi
- Lake George Steamboat Company: 17.8 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 17.9 mi
- Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 19.1 mi
- Picnic Island: 3.8 mi
- Fishbrook Pond Picnic Site: 4.3 mi
- West Dollar Is Day Use Area: 5.5 mi
- West Dollar Island: 5.5 mi
- Commission Point Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Uncas Falls: 5.3 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 7.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 14.4 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 16.5 mi
- Dunkley Falls: 21.2 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 9.1 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 13.2 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 14.8 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 17.9 mi
- Park beach: 20.9 mi
- Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 16.4 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 16.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 17.3 mi
- Arboretum: 20.1 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 13.7 mi
- Mandala II: 14.7 mi
- Oculus: 24.2 mi
- The Leash Sculpture: 24.7 mi
- Rutland Water Fountain: 24.8 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 9.3 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of The Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | W 260° | 805 m | 2.9 mi |
| Erebus Mountain | SW 236° | 765 m | 4.7 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty | SW 225° | 715 m | 5.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | SW 223° | 711 m | 8.9 mi |
| Catamount Mountain | NW 320° | 702 m | 6.7 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | WNW 289° | 688 m | 5.5 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | WNW 292° | 680 m | 5.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 329° | 630 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:34 | 16:21 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 33 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 967277 — The Knob, Washington County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357592610
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 5 mi
- Crown Point · 23 mi
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