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Big Knob, Virginia

Prominence: 952 ft, 290 m

Elevation: 4072 feet, 1241 meters

True Isolation: 6.21 mi, 10 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4072 ft / 1241 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 50' 55'' N, 79° 55' 38'' W 37.848708, -79.927209 (Dec Deg) 594383 E 4189571 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Virginia
County/Second Level Region	Alleghany (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Big Knob": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Big Knob at ListsOfJohn.com Big Knob at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) CoHP.org Trip Report for Alleghany, VA by Fred Lobdell CoHP.org Trip Report for Alleghany, VA by Bob Packard CoHP.org Trip Report for Alleghany, VA by Don Desrosiers CoHP.org Trip Report for Alleghany, VA by Michael Schwartz Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Big Knob: 100 Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #69) High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #50) Virginia County/Ind. City High Points (Rank #16) Virginia 4000-foot peaks (Rank #77) Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #71)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 17 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 16) Selected Trip Reports: 2016-10-25 by Ben Lostracco 2017-09-01 by Will Waller 2020-12-12 by Powen Ru (GPS Track) 2021-01-03 by Steven Fishback
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The cairn! Oh, & my trekking poles too. (2019-10-21). Photo by Jobe Wymore. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 952 ft/290 m Optimistic Prominence: 992 ft/302 m Key Col: 3120 ft/951 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 6.21 mi/10 km Isolation Limit Point: 37.9183, -79.855 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Bald Knob (NE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Appalachian Ridges Range4: Central Appalachian Ridges Range5: Central Virginia Appalachian Ridges
Drainage Basins	James Chesapeake Bay Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: George Washington-Jefferson National Forest
Topo Map	Covington O37079g8 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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