Toms Knob
Toms Knob rises to 531 m in Virginia. Cahas Mountain stands 1,083 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden lake Park, a park 2.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49084270, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 531 m
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Spur Overlook · 20 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 21 mi
- Smart View Overlook · 22 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fork Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Blue Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Chesnut Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Brier Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Orchard Knob: 5.3 mi
- Hidden lake Park: 2.2 mi
- Franklin County Recreation Park: 5.5 mi
- Beaver Creek Reservoir Park: 9.0 mi
- Lynch Park: 9.4 mi
- Veterans Park: 9.4 mi
- Blue Ridge Farm Museum: 12.8 mi
- Virginia Museum of Natural History: 12.8 mi
- Virginia Fire Museum, Inc. Office & Crew Quarters: 12.9 mi
- Caboose: 19.0 mi
- Lankford House Museum: 22.4 mi
- Turkeycock Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 17.5 mi
- Gravely Nature Preserve: 17.5 mi
- Brush: 13.9 mi
- Chatham Hall Arboretum: 23.0 mi
- Curtis' Garden: 23.1 mi
- Saponi Garden: 24.4 mi
- Patrick Henry Monument: 13.8 mi
- Pittsylvania County Confederate Monument: 22.6 mi
- Calico Rock: 16.6 mi
- Cracker Point: 21.8 mi
- White Falls: 19.1 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 17.9 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Toms Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahas Mountain | NW 326° | 1,083 m | 20.9 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | WNW 295° | 801 m | 19.7 mi |
| Turners Knob | W 276° | 763 m | 22.0 mi |
| Murray Knob | NNW 336° | 695 m | 20.6 mi |
| Cooks Knob | WNW 298° | 653 m | 11.7 mi |
| Panther Knob | N 354° | 621 m | 22.2 mi |
| Fork Mountain | WSW 244° | 593 m | 2.3 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NE 52° | 590 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 37 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rocky MT, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356566605
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 29 mi
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