# List of geographical knobs > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/List_of_geographical_knobs > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/List_of_geographical_knobs.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographical_knobs > Source revision: 1264808435 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Knob** is used in the name of many geographical features: - [Knob Creek](/source/Knob_Creek_(disambiguation)) can refer to any of several streams by that name - [Knob Fork, West Virginia](/source/Knob_Fork,_West_Virginia), an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States - [Knob Hill](/source/Knob_Hill,_Colorado), a neighborhood in central Colorado Springs, Colorado - [Knob Hill, Alberta](/source/Knob_Hill,_Alberta), municipal district in central Alberta, Canada, south of Edmonton - Knob Lake, the central lake in Three Lakes Valley in northeast Signy Island - [Knob Lick, Casey County, Kentucky](/source/Knob_Lick,_Casey_County,_Kentucky), unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky, United States - [Knob Lick, Estill County, Kentucky](/source/Knob_Lick,_Estill_County,_Kentucky), an unincorporated community in Estill County, Kentucky, United States - [Knob Lick, Metcalfe County, Kentucky](/source/Knob_Lick,_Metcalfe_County,_Kentucky), an unincorporated community in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States - [Knob Lick, Missouri](/source/Knob_Lick,_Missouri), an unincorporated community in southern Saint Francois County, Missouri - [Knob Mountain (Pennsylvania)](/source/Knob_Mountain_(Pennsylvania)), a ridge in the northeastern part of Columbia County, Pennsylvania - [Knob Mountain (Page County, Virginia)](/source/Knob_Mountain_(Page_County,_Virginia)), a mountain in Page County, Virginia - [Knob Noster, Missouri](/source/Knob_Noster,_Missouri), a city in Johnson County, Missouri, United States - [Knob Point (Ross Island)](/source/Knob_Point_(Ross_Island)), a rounded coastal point on the west side of Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island - [Knob Point (South Sandwich Islands)](/source/Knob_Point_(South_Sandwich_Islands)), the southwesternmost point of Vindication Island in the South Sandwich Islands - [Knob, Arkansas](/source/Knob,_Arkansas), unincorporated community in Clay County, Arkansas - [Knobs, West Virginia](/source/Knobs,_West_Virginia), an unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States - [Knobs region](/source/Knobs_region), located in the US state of Kentucky - [Knobs State Forest](/source/Knobs_State_Forest), a United States forest located in Bullitt County, Kentucky A number of mountains and hills are described as knobs, as are their associated settlements: ## A - [Artillery Knob](/source/Artillery_Knob), a mountain in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania, Australia ## B - [Bake Oven Knob](/source/Bake_Oven_Knob), a high point on the Blue Mountain Ridge of the Appalachian Mountains in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania - [Baker Knob](/source/Baker_Knob), a small rounded coastal elevation north of Harrison Nunatak at the east end of Thurston Island - [Bald Knob](/source/Bald_Knob), the highest summit of Back Allegheny Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia - [Bald Knob, Arkansas](/source/Bald_Knob,_Arkansas), a city in White County, Arkansas, United States - [Bald Knob, Franklin County, VA](/source/Bald_Knob,_Franklin_County,_VA), a summit located in Franklin County, Virginia - [Bald Knob, West Virginia](/source/Bald_Knob,_West_Virginia), an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States - [Bald Knob Wilderness](/source/Bald_Knob_Wilderness), a 5,973-acre parcel of land listed as a Wilderness Area of the United States - [Barton Knob](/source/Barton_Knob), a mountain summit located on Cheat Mountain in southeastern Randolph County, West Virginia - [Beelick Knob, West Virginia](/source/Beelick_Knob,_West_Virginia), unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States - [Bens Knob](/source/Bens_Knob) runs southwest northeast through Hampshire County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle - [Benson Knob](/source/Benson_Knob), a distinctive rocky hill at the south extremity of Ricker Hills in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land - [Bickle Knob](/source/Bickle_Knob), a mountain summit located east of Elkins in Randolph County, West Virginia - [Black Balsam Knob](/source/Black_Balsam_Knob), in the Pisgah National Forest southwest of Asheville, NC - [Black Knob](/source/Black_Knob), a big black rock outcrop west of Twin Crater on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island - [Blue Knob (Pennsylvania)](/source/Blue_Knob_(Pennsylvania)), a Pennsylvania summit with a broad dome in the range of Allegheny Mountains - [Blue Knob State Park](/source/Blue_Knob_State_Park), a 6,128-acre Pennsylvania state park in Kimmel, Lincoln - [Brier Knob (Avery County, North Carolina)](/source/Brier_Knob_(Avery_County,_North_Carolina)), a mountain in the North Carolina High Country - [Bryant Knob Formation](/source/Bryant_Knob_Formation), geologic formation in Missouri - [Burnt Knob](/source/Burnt_Knob), 739 acre municipal park in Louisville, Kentucky, United States - [Butler Knob](/source/Butler_Knob), a peak on the Jacks Mountain ridge in south central Pennsylvania in the United States ## C - [Celo Knob](/source/Celo_Knob), the northernmost major peak in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina - [Chestnut Knob, West Virginia](/source/Chestnut_Knob,_West_Virginia), an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States - [Clarks Knob](/source/Clarks_Knob), a summit in Franklin County, Pennsylvania - [Cox's Knob](/source/Cox's_Knob), neighborhood on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky, USA - [Crossing Knob](/source/Crossing_Knob), a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, west from the community of Sugar Grove - [Cuckoo's Knob](/source/Cuckoo's_Knob), small village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England ## D - [Dick's Knob](/source/Dick's_Knob), the third-highest peak in the State of Georgia - [Dorsey Knob](/source/Dorsey_Knob), a mountain summit located at the southern edge of Morgantown in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States - [Double Spring Knob](/source/Double_Spring_Knob), the tenth-highest peak in Georgia, USA - [Douglas Knob](/source/Douglas_Knob), an isolated mountain peak in the southwest section of Yellowstone National Park - [Dowdell's Knob](/source/Dowdell's_Knob), 9,049 acres (36.62 km2) Georgia state park located near Pine Mountain and Warm Springs ## E - [Ehlers Knob](/source/Ehlers_Knob), a small but conspicuous ice-covered knob which surmounts the west part of the north coast of Dustin Island - [Elk Knob (Watauga County, North Carolina)](/source/Elk_Knob_(Watauga_County,_North_Carolina)), a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, north of the community of Meat Camp - [Elliott Knob](/source/Elliott_Knob), one of the highest mountains in the northern portions of the U.S. state of Virginia ## F - [Fairlies Knob National Park](/source/Fairlies_Knob_National_Park), a national park in Queensland, Australia, 231 km north of Brisbane - [Floyds Knobs, Indiana](/source/Floyds_Knobs,_Indiana), a small unincorporated town in Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana - [Frenchman Knob](/source/Frenchman_Knob), summit in Hart County, Kentucky, in the United States ## G - [Gap in Knob, Kentucky](/source/Gap_in_Knob,_Kentucky), unincorporated community located in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States - [Gaudineer Knob](/source/Gaudineer_Knob), a mountain summit on the Randolph/Pocahontas County line in eastern West Virginia, USA - Gobbler's Knob is a prominent geographical landmark in the San Bernardino National Forest of California. - [Gobbler's Knob Fire Lookout](/source/Gobbler's_Knob_Fire_Lookout), a fire lookout in the extreme western region of Mount Rainier National Park - [Gobblers Knob](/source/Punxsutawney_Phil), a succession of groundhogs in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania - [Grassy Knob Wilderness](/source/Grassy_Knob_Wilderness), a wilderness area in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon, within the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest - [Grays Knob, Kentucky](/source/Grays_Knob,_Kentucky), unincorporated community and coal town in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States - [Green River Knob](/source/Green_River_Knob), the tallest point in the Knobs region of Kentucky, USA ## H - [Hairy Knob](/source/Hairy_Knob), summit in Mason County, Texas, in the United States - [Harrison Knob](/source/Harrison_Knob), a small mountain in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada - [Hendersin Knob](/source/Hendersin_Knob), an ice-covered knob rising between the heads of Craft and Rochray Glaciers in the southwest part of Thurston Island - [Henry's Knob](/source/Henry's_Knob), a mountain and Superfund Alternative Site in York County South Carolina - [High Knob](/source/High_Knob), the peak of Stone Mountain, part of a large mountain, or massif, in Wise County, Virginia - [High Knob (Blue Ridge, Virginia)](/source/High_Knob_(Blue_Ridge,_Virginia)), a peak of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Warren and Fauquier county, Virginia - [High Knob (West Virginia)](/source/High_Knob_(West_Virginia)), a mountain summit on the border between Hampshire and Hardy counties in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle - [Howard Knob](/source/Howard_Knob), a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, located in the town of Boone ## I - [Iron Knob, South Australia](/source/Iron_Knob,_South_Australia), a town in South Australia on the Eyre Highway across Eyre Peninsula ## J - [Jacks Knob](/source/Jacks_Knob), a mountain located on the border of Towns County and Union County, Georgia - [Jacks Knob Trail](/source/Jacks_Knob_Trail), a hiking trail that has been designated as a National Recreation Trail in Georgia - [Jeptha Knob](/source/Jeptha_Knob), the highest point in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky - [Junction Knob](/source/Junction_Knob), a small but distinctive peak at the junction of Odin Glacier and Alberich Glacier neve areas in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land ## K - [Keeney Knob](/source/Keeney_Knob), a mountain of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians in Summers County, West Virginia - [Kentuck Knob](/source/Kentuck_Knob), a residence designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania, USA - Kile Knob, the highest point on [North Fork Mountain](/source/North_Fork_Mountain) in West Virginia - [Kinton Knob](/source/Kinton_Knob), a peak in Bedford County, Pennsylvania ## L - [Lord Hereford's Knob](/source/Lord_Hereford's_Knob), a mountain in south-east Wales, in the Black Mountains ## M - [Marks Knob](/source/Marks_Knob), a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, in the southeastern United States - [McAfee Knob](/source/McAfee_Knob), feature of Catawba mountain in Catawba, Roanoke County, Virginia on the Appalachian Trail - [Moore's Knob](/source/Moore's_Knob), the highest mountain in the Sauratown Mountains of Stokes County, North Carolina - [Matney Knob](/source/Matney_Knob), a mountain-like feature near Norfork, Arkansas ## N - [Nausea Knob](/source/Nausea_Knob), a prominent outcropping of jumbled rocks on the northwest upper slope of the active cone of Mount Erebus, Ross Island - [Nicodemus Knob](/source/Nicodemus_Knob), rough, lozenge-shaped 30-feet pillar left at East Cliff on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England - [North Knob](/source/North_Knob), the highest peak in eastern Pennsylvania, east of Susquehanna River ## O - [Old Butt Knob](/source/Old_Butt_Knob), summit in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the United States ## P - [Parnell Knob](/source/Parnell_Knob), a mountain in the Ridge and Valley Appalachians region of south central Pennsylvania - [Penobscot Knob](/source/Penobscot_Knob), a hill located near Mountain Top, Pennsylvania and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - [Pilgrim's Knob, Virginia](/source/Pilgrim's_Knob,_Virginia), an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States - [Pillow Knob](/source/Pillow_Knob), a peak protruding through the snow cover at the northeast end of Williams Hills in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains - [Pilot Knob, Missouri](/source/Pilot_Knob,_Missouri), a city in Iron County, Missouri, United States - [Pilot Knob, Texas](/source/Pilot_Knob,_Texas), a small unincorporated community in southern Travis County, Texas, United States - [Pilot Knob, Wisconsin](/source/Pilot_Knob,_Wisconsin), ghost town in the town of Richfield, Adams County, Wisconsin, United States - [Pilot Knob (Austin, Texas)](/source/Pilot_Knob_(Austin,_Texas)), a hill that is part of an extinct volcano located seven miles south of central Austin, Texas - [Pilot Knob (Imperial County, California)](/source/Pilot_Knob_(Imperial_County,_California)), a peak in Imperial County, California - [Pilot Knob (Iron County, Missouri)](/source/Pilot_Knob_(Iron_County,_Missouri)), located in the Arcadia Valley of Iron County, Missouri - [Pilot Knob Township, Washington County, Illinois](/source/Pilot_Knob_Township,_Washington_County,_Illinois), located in Washington County, Illinois - [Pine Knob](/source/Pine_Knob), a downhill ski area in Clarkston, Michigan - [Pine Knob (Pennsylvania)](/source/Pine_Knob_(Pennsylvania)), a peak in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania - [Pine Knob, Wisconsin](/source/Pine_Knob,_Wisconsin), unincorporated community in the town of Utica, Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States - [Pores Knob](/source/Pores_Knob), a mountain peak located in Wilkes County, North Carolina - [Purcell Knob](/source/Purcell_Knob), a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountain in Loudoun County, Virginia ## R - [Rattlesnake Knob](/source/Rattlesnake_Knob), summit in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States - [Red Knob, Roane County, West Virginia](/source/Red_Knob,_Roane_County,_West_Virginia), unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia - [Reddish Knob](/source/Reddish_Knob) of Shenandoah Mountain is one of the highest points in Virginia - [Rich Knob](/source/Rich_Knob), located in Towns County, Georgia - [Ritchey Knob](/source/Ritchey_Knob), a summit located on the Blue Knob massif - [River Knobs (West Virginia)](/source/River_Knobs_(West_Virginia)), a ridge and series of knobs in western Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA - [Roan High Knob](/source/Roan_High_Knob), the highpoint of the Roan-Unaka Range of the Southern Appalachian Mountains - [Rocky Knob (Georgia)](/source/Rocky_Knob_(Georgia)), eight different mountain peaks located in the North Georgia mountains - [Rocky Knob AVA](/source/Rocky_Knob_AVA), an American Viticultural Area in a mountainous area east of the Blue Ridge Parkway in southwest Virginia - [Roper's Knob Fortifications](/source/Roper's_Knob_Fortifications), constructed by Union Army forces between February and May 1863 in Franklin, Tennessee - [Round Knob, Illinois](/source/Round_Knob,_Illinois), an unincorporated community in Massac County, Illinois, United States ## S - [Scutchamer Knob](/source/Scutchamer_Knob), an early Iron Age round barrow on the Ridgeway National Trail at East Hendred Down in the English county of Oxfordshire - [Shell Knob, Missouri](/source/Shell_Knob,_Missouri), a census-designated place in Stone counties in the U.S. state of Missouri - [Shell Knob Township, Barry County, Missouri](/source/Shell_Knob_Township,_Barry_County,_Missouri), one of twenty-five townships in Barry County, Missouri, USA - [Sidneys Knob](/source/Sidneys_Knob), an atypical mountain for Pennsylvania - [Signal Knob (Virginia)](/source/Signal_Knob_(Virginia)), the northern peak of Massanutten Mountain in the Ridge and Valley Appalachians - [Smith Knob](/source/Smith_Knob), a partly snow-covered rock peak south-southeast of Mendenhall Peak in the east part of the Thiel Mountains - [Spruce Knob](/source/Spruce_Knob), the highest point in the state of West Virginia and the summit of Spruce Mountain, the tallest mountain in the Alleghenies - [Stark's Knob](/source/Stark's_Knob), a basaltic pillow lava formation near Schuylerville, New York, United States - [Stuart Knob](/source/Stuart_Knob), mountain located within Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies - [Stuffley Knob (Johnson County, Kentucky)](/source/Stuffley_Knob_(Johnson_County,_Kentucky)), the tallest mountain in Johnson County, Kentucky - [Sugar Tree Knob, Tennessee](/source/Sugar_Tree_Knob,_Tennessee), unincorporated community in Cannon County, Tennessee, United States - [Sugarloaf Knob](/source/Sugarloaf_Knob), a well-known summit within Ohiopyle State Park on the south end of the Laurel Ridge ## T - [The Knob (Indiana)](/source/The_Knob_(Indiana)) (elevation 1,051 feet (320 meters)) is the fourth highest point in the U.S. state of Indiana - [The Knob (South Georgia)](/source/The_Knob_(South_Georgia)), a conspicuous dome-shaped rock, 40 m high, at the west side of Elsehul on the north coast of South Georgia - [Tomkins Knob](/source/Tomkins_Knob), a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, near the community of Deep Gap - [Tricorner Knob](/source/Tricorner_Knob), a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the Southeastern United States - [Trimble Knob](/source/Trimble_Knob), located southwest of Monterey, VA, in Highland County, is a conical hill - [Trischman Knob](/source/Trischman_Knob), an isolated summit along the Continental Divide on the Madison Plateau in Yellowstone National Park - [Turkey Knob, West Virginia](/source/Turkey_Knob,_West_Virginia), unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States - [Twelve O'clock Knob (Roanoke County, Virginia)](/source/Twelve_O'clock_Knob_(Roanoke_County,_Virginia)), a mountain located in southwestern Roanoke County, Virginia ## V - [Ventifact Knobs](/source/Ventifact_Knobs), minor knobs located just east of Lake Bonney in Taylor Valley, Victoria Land ## W - [Walsh Knob](/source/Walsh_Knob), a small but distinctive ice-covered elevation that rises midway along the south side of Lofgren Peninsula in east Thurston Island - [Waterrock Knob](/source/Waterrock_Knob), a mountain peak in the U.S. state of North Carolina - [Webster Knob](/source/Webster_Knob), a prominent rock knob at the head of Strom Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains - [Weed Patch Knob](/source/Weed_Patch_Knob), the third highest summit in the U.S. state of Indiana - [White Knob Formation](/source/White_Knob_Formation), geologic formation in Idaho - [White Knob, Idaho](/source/White_Knob,_Idaho), ghost town in Custer County, Idaho - [Woody's Knob](/source/Woody's_Knob), a summit or "knob" in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Mitchell County, North Carolina ## Y - [Yorkeys Knob, Queensland](/source/Yorkeys_Knob,_Queensland), one of the beach suburbs of Cairns, the regional capital of Far North Queensland, Australia - [Young Lick Knob](/source/Young_Lick_Knob), a mountain that lies in three Georgia counties, Habersham, Rabun and Towns ## See also - [Knob Creek (bourbon)](/source/Knob_Creek_(bourbon)), a brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey produced by Beam Inc. at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky - [Knob mudalia](/source/Knob_mudalia), a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae - [Knob-billed duck](/source/Knob-billed_duck), an unusual, pan-tropical duck - [Knob-billed fruit dove](/source/Knob-billed_fruit_dove), a species of bird in the family Columbidae - [Dorset Knob](/source/Dorset_Knob), a hard dry savoury biscuit made by Moores Biscuits, in the county of Dorset in England - *[Expert Knob Twiddlers](/source/Expert_Knob_Twiddlers)*, an ambient-techno album by Mike Paradinas and Richard D. James - [Hip-knob](/source/Hip-knob), in architecture, is the finial on the hip of a roof, between the barge-boards of a gable - "[Insert Knob A In Hole B](/source/Insert_Knob_A_In_Hole_B)", a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov **Disambiguation pages** - [Knob (disambiguation)](/source/Knob_(disambiguation)) - [The Knob (disambiguation)](/source/The_Knob_(disambiguation)) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [List of geographical knobs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographical_knobs) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographical_knobs?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.