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Walnut Knob

Walnut Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Walnut Knob rises to 1,234 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the north, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is North Ridge, a peak 1.4 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49087475, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1234 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.58734, -81.53928

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 20
  • Ashe County Park: 11.0 mi
  • Family Central: 12.3 mi
  • Paddy Mountain Park: 12.6 mi
  • Back Street Park: 13.1 mi
  • Bowie Seagrave Memorial Park: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • Sharpes Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 12.1 mi
Museums: 6
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 10.9 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 12.1 mi
  • Welcome Center and Museum: 16.9 mi
  • Smyth County Museum: 17.1 mi
  • Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Historic sites: 5
  • AT2020: 13.5 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 13.5 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 14.3 mi
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 16.7 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 16.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Brig Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Cave Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Newman Basket Company: 14.2 mi
  • Wooly: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Walnut Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RogersN 357°1,744 m5.0 mi
Wilburn RidgeNNE 15°1,689 m4.7 mi
Pine MountainNNE 12°1,684 m4.9 mi
Whitetop MountainNW 314°1,684 m5.1 mi
Buzzard RockNW 308°1,553 m5.4 mi
Little PinnacleNE 35°1,551 m3.3 mi
Grave MountainN 351°1,540 m7.7 mi
Haw Orchard MountainNNE 30°1,526 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0419:38
June solstice06:0920:1020:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3517:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541505866706863524236
Precip in3.93.34.14.85.34.44.84.64.33.73.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson 2 E, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356584494

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