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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
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
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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
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