Facing west-northwest from an elevation of 2,090 ft (637 m), you are looking across the Shenandoah Valley to the Massanutten Mountain Range. Signal Knob is the northern most point of the Massanutten before the ridge descends back into the valley. During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers held signal knob as a lookout, most notably for the Battle of Cedar Creek. Union soldiers later took control of Signal Knob in 1864. Today, Signal Knob is a part of George Washington National Forest, but its history lives on in story and scattered remains.