Tyler Knob
Tyler Knob rises to 580 m in Virginia. Flat Top Mountain stands 1,215 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Porter Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49086466, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 580 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Montvale Overlook · 8 mi
- Harveys Knob Overlook · 8 mi
- Harvey's Knob Overlook · 8 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Porter Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Wiggington Knob: 1.9 mi
- Greens Knob: 2.4 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Lick Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Montvale Park: 3.6 mi
- Montvale Wayside: 4.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Park: 4.6 mi
- Stonebridge Park: 6.5 mi
- Bonsack Park: 6.9 mi
- Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished): 5.4 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 8.2 mi
- The Rock: 10.4 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 10.8 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 11.0 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 8.6 mi
- Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 10.4 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 10.8 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 10.9 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 11.0 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 11.2 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 11.2 mi
- Roanoke Star: 11.2 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 12.0 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 15.1 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Explore Park: 8.1 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 12.3 mi
- Carvins Cove: 13.4 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 18.7 mi
- Rhinoceros: 10.4 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 11.2 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 11.3 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 12.4 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 13.5 mi
- Beale Garden: 10.4 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 11.7 mi
- Victory Garden: 12.0 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Big Spring: 11.6 mi
- Hunting Spring: 22.6 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 23.2 mi
- Marble Spring: 24.0 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 13.8 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 17.7 mi
- Lace Falls: 23.7 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 15.3 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 23.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.4 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 10.1 mi
- Howrytown: 10.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Tyler Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NE 48° | 1,215 m | 12.6 mi |
| Sharp Top Mountain | NE 49° | 1,167 m | 10.8 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NE 48° | 1,119 m | 13.0 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | NE 49° | 1,074 m | 10.5 mi |
| Harkening Hill | NE 41° | 1,026 m | 11.6 mi |
| Chesnut Mountain | NE 42° | 942 m | 13.9 mi |
| Little Harkening Hill | NE 38° | 901 m | 12.1 mi |
| Tinker Mountain | WNW 298° | 888 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
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 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke 8 N, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1500246 — Tyler Knob, Bedford County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356587061
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 11 mi
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