Wolf Knob
Wolf Knob rises to 784 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the west, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Kelly Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49090743, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 784 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 21.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 28.9 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 27 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 28 mi
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 28 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kelly Knob: 1.3 mi
- Clover Hollow Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Lugar Hill: 2.4 mi
- Julian Knob: 3.1 mi
- Well Hill: 3.2 mi
- Blacksburg Shooting range: 5.0 mi
- Newport Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
- Deerfield Park: 6.5 mi
- White Rock Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- Shenandoah Bike Trail and Park: 7.2 mi
- Winfrey’s Rock: 7.8 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 8.5 mi
- The Pylons: 8.6 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 10.5 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 2.8 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 14.4 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 8.6 mi
- Frank Beamer Statue: 9.3 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 9.5 mi
- Ode to Jeff Gordon: 9.9 mi
- Modern Art: 10.6 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 8.3 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 8.7 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 9.4 mi
- Christiansburg Institute Museum: 15.3 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 15.5 mi
- Bear Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 5.6 mi
- Barney's Wall: 9.4 mi
- Barneys Wall: 9.5 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 13.4 mi
- Keffer Oak: 2.4 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 6.8 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 15.0 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 15.6 mi
- Tingler's Mill: 17.0 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 21.4 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 21.5 mi
- Big Spring: 21.6 mi
- Cove Creek Spring: 21.8 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 22.2 mi
- Camp Creek: 20.9 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 20.9 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 23.7 mi
- Middle Cascades: 23.9 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 9.3 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 9.9 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 16.5 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 13.2 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 18.6 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Wolf Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | W 268° | 1,327 m | 6.6 mi |
| Butt Mountain | W 276° | 1,282 m | 11.3 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | W 274° | 1,256 m | 11.1 mi |
| Wind Rock | NW 307° | 1,246 m | 7.0 mi |
| Wrights Peak | NW 325° | 1,242 m | 10.3 mi |
| Brushy Top | WNW 284° | 1,236 m | 10.4 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NW 311° | 1,232 m | 5.7 mi |
| Salt Pond Mountain | NW 312° | 1,231 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blacksburg Nwso, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356584498
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 27 mi
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