Turkey Nest Knob
Turkey Nest Knob rises to 986 m in Virginia. Buffalo Mountain stands 1,210 m to the north-northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Turnip Patch Ridge, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 986 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.6 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Castle Gorge · 7 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 8 mi
- Pilot Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Granite Quarry Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turnip Patch Ridge: 0.6 mi
- Oak Knob: 1.6 mi
- East Knob: 2.2 mi
- Hurricane Knob: 2.8 mi
- Greene Knob: 2.9 mi
- Mabry Mill Historic Mill Area: 2.7 mi
- Mountain Top Recreation Park: 4.7 mi
- Fred Clifton Park: 7.4 mi
- Marshall Park: 12.8 mi
- Warren G. Lineberry Community Park: 13.3 mi
- Chestnut Creek Wetlands State Natural Area Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Reed Island Creek (private Nature Conservancy): 10.0 mi
- Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Fairy Stone State Park: 19.5 mi
- Crooked Creek: 19.6 mi
- Floyd County Historical: 13.6 mi
- Carroll County Historical Society and Museum: 15.7 mi
- Gertrude Smith House: 18.8 mi
- William Alfred Moore House: 19.0 mi
- Mount Airy Museum of Regional History: 19.1 mi
- One Clear View: 14.0 mi
- Jessup's Mill: 16.1 mi
- Wally's Service Station: 19.3 mi
- Carolina Ziplines Canopy Tour: 23.5 mi
- Cracker Point: 17.7 mi
- Calico Rock: 20.9 mi
- White Falls: 18.0 mi
- Rider Falls: 24.7 mi
- Water Front: 18.2 mi
- Waterfront: 19.0 mi
- Virginia Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 24.4 mi
- Colonel Jack Martin Rock House: 24.3 mi
- RM Collins Memorial: 24.3 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 11.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Turkey Nest Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,210 m | 3.5 mi |
| Hog Mountain | NE 44° | 1,087 m | 3.7 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NE 43° | 1,081 m | 5.1 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NE 51° | 1,080 m | 7.9 mi |
| Slate Mountain | NE 49° | 1,059 m | 2.9 mi |
| Grassy Knoll | NE 55° | 1,049 m | 6.3 mi |
| Indian Ridge | NNW 343° | 1,037 m | 6.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,027 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:30 | 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 | 36 | 38 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meadows OF DAN 5 SW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496331 — Turkey Nest Knob, Floyd County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583915
Day trips start here
- Mount Airy · 19 mi
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