Peakbagger.com
Peak Lists	Climbers	Ranges	Geography	Help	Search	Log In

Bald Knob, Virginia

Prominence: 2041 ft, 622 m

Elevation: 4361 feet, 1329 meters

True Isolation: 49.62 mi, 79.86 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4361 ft / 1329 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 21' 1'' N, 80° 32' 14'' W 37.350264, -80.537358 (Dec Deg) 540975 E 4133830 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Virginia
County/Second Level Region	Giles (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Bald Knob": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Salt Pond Mountain at ListsOfJohn Bald Knob at Mountain-Forecast.com Salt Pond Mountain at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) CoHP.org Trip Report for Giles, VA by Ron Tagliapietra CoHP.org Trip Report for Giles, VA by Roy Schweiker Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Bald Knob: Eastern USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #76) EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #37) Most Isolated Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #41) Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #46) 2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #239) Southeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #24) High Points of Counties Crossed by the Appalachian Trail (Rank #32) 100 Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #46) Southeast USA Top 50 by Prominence (Rank #24) USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #484) High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #37) Southern USA Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #24) Virginia County/Ind. City High Points (Rank #10) Virginia 4000-foot peaks (Rank #26) Virginia Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #8) Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #55)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 110 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 104) Selected Trip Reports: 2011-11-12 by Tom Layton 2012-05-20 by Dennis Poulin (GPS Track) 2016-09-17 by Andy Hatzos (GPS Track) 2017-06-02 by Will Waller 2018-07-14 by Zachary Robbins (GPS Track) 2019-05-03 by Mike Stinson 2020-05-23 by Powen Ru (GPS Track) 2021-11-20 by Chris Denu 2022-03-27 by Lee Newton (GPS Track) 2022-05-07 by Craig Barlow 2022-10-30 by David Winston (GPS Track) 2022-11-26 by Troy Abbott (GPS Track) 2023-03-29 by Frank Sutman
Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Bald Knob Elevation Ladder from Bald Knob Prominence Ladder from Bald Knob

Dynamic Map

Bald Knob (

Key Col)

Other Peaks
Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Web Map Links

Peakfinder Panorama
GeoHack Links CalTopo MyTopo Bing Maps
Google Maps Open Street Map

Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 2041 ft/622 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 2081 ft/634 m
  Line Parent: Chestnut Ridge Peak 4386
  Key Col: 2320 ft/707 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 49.62 mi/79.86 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 37.168738, -81.408485
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Hutchinson Rock  (WSW)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Appalachian Ridges
Range4: Central Appalachian Ridges
Range5: South-Central Appalachian Ridges (Highest Point)
Range6: Salt Pond Mountain (Highest Point)

Ridges/Divides

Appalachian Divide

Drainage Basins

James
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

New
Kanawha
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: George Washington-Jefferson National Forest

Topo Map

Eggleston O37080c5 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

This page has been served 12956 times since 2004-11-01.

Questions/Comments/Corrections? See the Contact Page