Rocky Knob is a 3,572-foot-high ridge running along the Virginia part of the Blue Ridge Parkway for a few miles. Rocky Knob is not really rocky and not open at the top as you would expect, as so many other Blue Ridge peaks are. However, since there are few openings among the trees, you will be rewarded with a nice view along the way. One of the most beautiful is the view of Rock Castle Gorge, 1,800 feet below. There is a trail through the gorge that used to be a wagon road. Not a very challenging climb, Rocky Knob is a peak to bag as you are driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway, which runs between Shenandoah National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. There are few trails going up to the summit and the longest way is only about a mile, with an elevation gain of about 500 feet.

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