Alum Knob
Alum Knob rises to 939 m in North Carolina. Snaggy Bald stands 1,646 m to the northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is East Laporte River Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31614886, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 939 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 12.1 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 13.6 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Grassy Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Lower Abbs Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Upper Abbs Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Moses Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- East Laporte River Park: 0.7 mi
- Cullowhee Rec Center: 2.6 mi
- Bocce courts: 2.7 mi
- Cedar Cliff Lake Access: 4.2 mi
- Webster River Access Point: 6.1 mi
- Hooper Knob: 1.9 mi
- Coward Knob: 2.0 mi
- Panther Knob: 2.2 mi
- Webster Knob: 2.5 mi
- Parker Knob: 2.9 mi
- Catamount Statue: 3.1 mi
- Jackson County Veterans Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Founding of Jackson County and Time Capsule: 7.6 mi
- Jackson County Armed Forces Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Charters of Freedom Monument: 7.7 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 3.2 mi
- Catamount Gap: 3.6 mi
- Onion Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Bald Cliff: 6.1 mi
- River Cliffs: 6.8 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 3.0 mi
- American Museum of the House Cat: 7.2 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 15.5 mi
- Scottish Tartans Museum: 15.8 mi
- Macon County Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 1.5 mi
- Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 4.3 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 6.2 mi
- The Fugitive Train Wreck: 8.9 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 13.8 mi
- Chalice: 2.7 mi
- Ear: 2.8 mi
- American Eclipse: 2.8 mi
- Moai Statue: 7.4 mi
- Sylva Mural: 7.4 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 15.5 mi
- Franklin Garden: 15.9 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 16.5 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 14.9 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 16.3 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 17.0 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 18.0 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 20.6 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 23.0 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 19.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 20.7 mi
- Moody Spring: 24.2 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 11.1 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Alum Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snaggy Bald | NE 38° | 1,646 m | 6.4 mi |
| Coward Bald | NE 41° | 1,576 m | 5.6 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | NE 53° | 1,479 m | 6.8 mi |
| Fern Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,469 m | 5.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,431 m | 4.8 mi |
| Piney Ridge Knob | NNE 19° | 1,420 m | 4.9 mi |
| Sheep Knob | WSW 247° | 1,417 m | 6.7 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | NE 42° | 1,414 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:14 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cullowhee, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806298
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