Tobacco Knob
Tobacco Knob rises to 766 m in Virginia. Buffalo Mountain stands 1,210 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Grassy Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49084054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 766 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.6 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Castle Gorge · 9 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 10 mi
- Pilot Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grassy Knob: 0.4 mi
- Rock Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Joes Knob: 2.6 mi
- Spoon Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Mayo Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Fred Clifton Park: 2.6 mi
- Mountain Top Recreation Park: 3.9 mi
- Mabry Mill Historic Mill Area: 6.1 mi
- Mabry Mill: 6.1 mi
- Byrds Marker: 10.1 mi
- White Falls: 15.0 mi
- Lower Cascades: 18.9 mi
- Torys Falls: 19.4 mi
- Rider Falls: 19.7 mi
- Window Falls: 19.9 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 16.0 mi
- Gertrude Smith House: 19.3 mi
- William Alfred Moore House: 19.4 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 19.4 mi
- Mount Airy Museum of Regional History: 19.6 mi
- Chestnut Creek Wetlands State Natural Area Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Reed Island Creek (private Nature Conservancy): 14.7 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 14.8 mi
- Dan River Ford Preserve: 17.2 mi
- Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve: 17.4 mi
- RM Collins Memorial: 19.1 mi
- Colonel Jack Martin Rock House: 19.2 mi
- Stoneman's Raid: 20.2 mi
- Moratock Iron Furnace: 20.4 mi
- CCC Ruins: 20.4 mi
- Jessup's Mill: 11.0 mi
- One Clear View: 16.3 mi
- Carolina Ziplines Canopy Tour: 17.9 mi
- Wally's Service Station: 19.6 mi
- Balanced Rock: 19.8 mi
- Cracker Point: 17.1 mi
- Calico Rock: 17.9 mi
- Indian Face: 19.9 mi
- Moores Wall: 19.9 mi
- Cooks Wall: 21.1 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 8.3 mi
- Magnolia Springs: 20.8 mi
- Daylily Meadows: 23.8 mi
- Virginia Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Tobacco Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Mountain | NW 315° | 1,210 m | 11.1 mi |
| Hog Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,087 m | 8.2 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,081 m | 8.9 mi |
| Rocky Knob | N 358° | 1,080 m | 9.5 mi |
| Slate Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,059 m | 7.8 mi |
| Grassy Knoll | N 351° | 1,049 m | 8.4 mi |
| Indian Ridge | NW 323° | 1,037 m | 14.1 mi |
| Long Mountain | NW 313° | 1,027 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:06 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stuart, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1475747 — Tobacco Knob, Patrick County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356566588
Day trips start here
- Mount Airy · 20 mi
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