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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)
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Big Knob at ListsOfJohn.com
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
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Lists that contain Big Knob:
Virginia County/Ind. City High Points
(Rank #16)
Southern USA CoHPs
(Rank #71)
Virginia 4000-foot peaks
(Rank #77)
High Points of Counties in 13 Original States
(Rank #50)
100 Highest Eastern CoHPs
(Rank #69)
Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
13
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 13)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
2016-10-25 by Ben Lostracco
2017-09-01 by Will Waller
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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 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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