Knob is used in the name of many geographical features:
Knob Creek can refer to any of several streams by that name Knob Fork, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States Knob Hill, a neighborhood in central Colorado Springs, Colorado 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, unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky, United States Knob Lick, Estill County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Estill County, Kentucky, United States Knob Lick, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States Knob Lick, Missouri, an unincorporated community in southern Saint Francois County, Missouri Knob Mountain (Pennsylvania), a ridge in the northeastern part of Columbia County, Pennsylvania Knob Mountain (Page County, Virginia), a mountain in Page County, Virginia Knob Noster, Missouri, a city in Johnson County, Missouri, United States Knob Point (Ross Island), a rounded coastal point on the west side of Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island Knob Point (South Sandwich Islands), the southwesternmost point of Vindication Island in the South Sandwich Islands Knob, Arkansas, unincorporated community in Clay County, Arkansas Knobs, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States Knobs region, located in the US state of Kentucky 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, a mountain in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania, Australia
B Bake Oven Knob, a high point on the Blue Mountain Ridge of the Appalachian Mountains in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Baker Knob, a small rounded coastal elevation north of Harrison Nunatak at the east end of Thurston Island Bald Knob, the highest summit of Back Allegheny Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia Bald Knob, Arkansas, a city in White County, Arkansas, United States Bald Knob, Franklin County, VA, a summit located in Franklin County, Virginia Bald Knob, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States Bald Knob Wilderness, a 5,973-acre parcel of land listed as a Wilderness Area of the United States Barton Knob, a mountain summit located on Cheat Mountain in southeastern Randolph County, West Virginia Beelick Knob, West Virginia, unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States Bens Knob runs southwest northeast through Hampshire County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle Benson Knob, a distinctive rocky hill at the south extremity of Ricker Hills in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land Bickle Knob, a mountain summit located east of Elkins in Randolph County, West Virginia Black Balsam Knob, in the Pisgah National Forest southwest of Asheville, NC Black Knob, a big black rock outcrop west of Twin Crater on Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island Blue Knob (Pennsylvania), a Pennsylvania summit with a broad dome in the range of Allegheny Mountains Blue Knob State Park, a 6,128-acre Pennsylvania state park in Kimmel, Lincoln Brier Knob (Avery County, North Carolina), a mountain in the North Carolina High Country Bryant Knob Formation, geologic formation in Missouri Burnt Knob, 739 acre municipal park in Louisville, Kentucky, United States Butler Knob, a peak on the Jacks Mountain ridge in south central Pennsylvania in the United States
C Celo Knob, the northernmost major peak in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina Chestnut Knob, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States Clarks Knob, a summit in Franklin County, Pennsylvania Cox's Knob, neighborhood on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky, USA Crossing Knob, a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, west from the community of Sugar Grove Cuckoo's Knob, small village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England
D Dick's Knob, the third-highest peak in the State of Georgia Dorsey Knob, a mountain summit located at the southern edge of Morgantown in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States Double Spring Knob, the tenth-highest peak in Georgia, USA Douglas Knob, an isolated mountain peak in the southwest section of Yellowstone National Park Dowdell's Knob, Georgia state park located near Pine Mountain and Warm Springs
E 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), a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, north of the community of Meat Camp Elliott Knob, one of the highest mountains in the northern portions of the U.S. state of Virginia
F Fairlies Knob National Park, a national park in Queensland, Australia, 231 km north of Brisbane Floyds Knobs, Indiana, a small unincorporated town in Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana Frenchman Knob, summit in Hart County, Kentucky, in the United States
G Gap in Knob, Kentucky, unincorporated community located in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States 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, a fire lookout in the extreme western region of Mount Rainier National Park Gobblers Knob, a succession of groundhogs in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Grassy Knob Wilderness, a wilderness area in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon, within the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Grays Knob, Kentucky, unincorporated community and coal town in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States Green River Knob, the tallest point in the Knobs region of Kentucky, USA
H Hairy Knob, summit in Mason County, Texas, in the United States Harrison Knob, a small mountain in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada 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, a mountain and Superfund Alternative Site in York County South Carolina High Knob, the peak of Stone Mountain, part of a large mountain, or massif, in Wise County, Virginia High Knob (Blue Ridge, Virginia), a peak of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Warren and Fauquier county, Virginia High Knob (West Virginia), a mountain summit on the border between Hampshire and Hardy counties in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle Howard Knob, a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, located in the town of Boone
I Iron Knob, South Australia, a town in South Australia on the Eyre Highway across Eyre Peninsula
J Jacks Knob, a mountain located on the border of Towns County and Union County, Georgia Jacks Knob Trail, a hiking trail that has been designated as a National Recreation Trail in Georgia Jeptha Knob, the highest point in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky 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, a mountain of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians in Summers County, West Virginia Kentuck Knob, a residence designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania, USA Kile Knob, the highest point on North Fork Mountain in West Virginia Kinton Knob, a peak in Bedford County, Pennsylvania
L Lord Hereford's Knob, a mountain in south-east Wales, in the Black Mountains
M Marks Knob, a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, in the southeastern United States McAfee Knob, feature of Catawba mountain in Catawba, Roanoke County, Virginia on the Appalachian Trail Moore's Knob, the highest mountain in the Sauratown Mountains of Stokes County, North Carolina Matney Knob, a mountain-like feature near Norfork, Arkansas
N Nausea Knob, a prominent outcropping of jumbled rocks on the northwest upper slope of the active cone of Mount Erebus, Ross Island Nicodemus Knob, rough, lozenge-shaped 30-feet pillar left at East Cliff on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England North Knob, the highest peak in eastern Pennsylvania, east of Susquehanna River
O Old Butt Knob, summit in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the United States
P Parnell Knob, a mountain in the Ridge and Valley Appalachians region of south central Pennsylvania Penobscot Knob, a hill located near Mountain Top, Pennsylvania and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Pilgrim's Knob, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States 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, a city in Iron County, Missouri, United States Pilot Knob, Texas, a small unincorporated community in southern Travis County, Texas, United States Pilot Knob, Wisconsin, ghost town in the town of Richfield, Adams County, Wisconsin, United States 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), a peak in Imperial County, California Pilot Knob (Iron County, Missouri), located in the Arcadia Valley of Iron County, Missouri Pilot Knob Township, Washington County, Illinois, located in Washington County, Illinois Pine Knob, a downhill ski area in Clarkston, Michigan Pine Knob (Pennsylvania), a peak in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania Pine Knob, Wisconsin, unincorporated community in the town of Utica, Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States Pores Knob, a mountain peak located in Wilkes County, North Carolina Purcell Knob, a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountain in Loudoun County, Virginia
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R Rattlesnake Knob, summit in Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the United States Red Knob, Roane County, West Virginia, unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia Reddish Knob of Shenandoah Mountain is one of the highest points in Virginia Rich Knob, located in Towns County, Georgia Ritchey Knob, a summit located on the Blue Knob massif River Knobs (West Virginia), a ridge and series of knobs in western Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA Roan High Knob, the highpoint of the Roan-Unaka Range of the Southern Appalachian Mountains Rocky Knob (Georgia), eight different mountain peaks located in the North Georgia mountains Rocky Knob AVA, an American Viticultural Area in a mountainous area east of the Blue Ridge Parkway in southwest Virginia Roper's Knob Fortifications, constructed by Union Army forces between February and May 1863 in Franklin, Tennessee Round Knob, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Massac County, Illinois, United States
S 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, a census-designated place in Stone counties in the U.S. state of Missouri Shell Knob Township, Barry County, Missouri, one of twenty-five townships in Barry County, Missouri, USA Sidneys Knob, an atypical mountain for Pennsylvania Signal Knob (Virginia), the northern peak of Massanutten Mountain in the Ridge and Valley Appalachians Smith Knob, a partly snow-covered rock peak south-southeast of Mendenhall Peak in the east part of the Thiel Mountains 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, a basaltic pillow lava formation near Schuylerville, New York, United States Stuart Knob, mountain located within Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies Stuffley Knob (Johnson County, Kentucky), the tallest mountain in Johnson County, Kentucky