Walnut Knob
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
- 1,234 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 12.1 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 18.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.7 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 21 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 21 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 23 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Ridge: 1.4 mi
- Fees Ridge: 2.0 mi
- Alley Knob: 3.2 mi
- Little Pinnacle: 3.3 mi
- Haw Orchard Mountain: 3.4 mi
- 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
- Listening Rock: 2.8 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 3.4 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 13.9 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 14.4 mi
- Caudill Cabin: 23.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Trials Playground: 19.4 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 22.8 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Brig Spring: 9.8 mi
- Cave Spring: 10.2 mi
- Boiling Spring: 10.3 mi
- Big Spring: 24.2 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 23.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 24.5 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 24.9 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 13.5 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 14.3 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 16.7 mi
- Backbone Rock: 15.3 mi
- Alligator Back: 22.9 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 23.0 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 14.2 mi
- Wooly: 23.8 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 13.7 mi
- Elk Shoals: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Walnut Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | N 357° | 1,744 m | 5.0 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | NNE 15° | 1,689 m | 4.7 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,684 m | 4.9 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | NW 314° | 1,684 m | 5.1 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | NW 308° | 1,553 m | 5.4 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | NE 35° | 1,551 m | 3.3 mi |
| Grave Mountain | N 351° | 1,540 m | 7.7 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,526 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson 2 E, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356584494
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