Tory Knob
Tory Knob rises to 541 m in Virginia. Cahas Mountain stands 1,083 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Panther Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49084391, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 541 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 4 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 5 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 6 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Panther Knob: 1.1 mi
- Lynville Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Pine Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Buck and Doe Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Roanoke Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Jae Valley Park: 2.8 mi
- Mayflower Hills Park: 3.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant Park: 4.3 mi
- Garden City Park: 5.1 mi
- Golden Park: 5.7 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished): 7.1 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 7.3 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 7.3 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 6.2 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 7.3 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 7.3 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 7.3 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 7.7 mi
- Explore Park: 2.6 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 12.6 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Carvins Cove: 15.3 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 7.5 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 7.6 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 8.2 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 8.6 mi
- The Rock: 13.5 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 5.4 mi
- Roanoke Star: 6.1 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 7.6 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 7.6 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 18.8 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 6.6 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Beale Garden: 11.9 mi
- Victory Garden: 19.0 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 18.6 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 19.6 mi
- Camp Creek: 19.6 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 23.8 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 21.3 mi
- Howrytown: 16.6 mi
- Big Spring: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Tory Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahas Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,083 m | 11.2 mi |
| Bent Mountain | WSW 256° | 975 m | 15.0 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | WSW 256° | 972 m | 15.0 mi |
| Masons Knob | W 260° | 961 m | 10.7 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | W 261° | 935 m | 13.3 mi |
| Blue Knob | NNE 14° | 804 m | 15.5 mi |
| Twelve O'clock Knob | WNW 284° | 792 m | 13.8 mi |
| Weaver Knob | N 8° | 784 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1475792 — Tory Knob, Franklin County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356566616
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 7 mi
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