As Knob
As Knob rises to 1,053 m in Georgia. Big Scaly stands 1,539 m to the northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Wheeler Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31577983, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,053 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 11.4 mi off the Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 19.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Raven Cliffs · 21 mi
- Waterfall view deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 501 Falls: 4.0 mi
- Bull Cove Falls: 4.5 mi
- Thomas Falls: 5.1 mi
- High Falls: 5.6 mi
- New Falls: 5.6 mi
- Wheeler Knob: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.3 mi
- Buzzard Knob: 1.5 mi
- Black Mountain: 1.5 mi
- River Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Coleman River Scenic Area: 3.2 mi
- Coleman River Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
- Moccasin Creek State Park: 7.5 mi
- Standing Indian Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi
- Bettys Creek Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
- Howitzer: 8.1 mi
- Sliding Rock - Wildcat Creek: 8.3 mi
- Stonewall Creek Vineyards Tasting Room: 9.6 mi
- Fishing Hole Rock: 10.0 mi
- Waterwheel: 10.1 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 13.5 mi
- Blue Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Sheep Nose: 15.3 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Grimes Nose: 17.2 mi
- Henry Grady Burrell Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area: 16.0 mi
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area: 17.7 mi
- Mark Trail Wilderness: 18.4 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 18.8 mi
- The Foxfire Museum: 11.5 mi
- Old Tallulah Falls Jail: 18.2 mi
- Giddings Cottage Museum: 19.1 mi
- Macon County Historical Museum: 19.8 mi
- Scottish Tartans Museum: 19.9 mi
- Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
- Rabun County Confederate Monument: 12.0 mi
- Uhuburg Castle: 19.2 mi
- White Church: 19.6 mi
- Senator Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway, 1969: 21.3 mi
- Hamilton Gardens: 10.1 mi
- Franklin Garden: 19.8 mi
- Clarkesville Habersham Community Garden: 23.3 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 23.6 mi
- Big Spring: 9.7 mi
- Chattahoochee Source Spring: 14.7 mi
- Wine Spring: 15.2 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 21.5 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 21.5 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 21.5 mi
- Burton: 8.5 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 15.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of As Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Scaly | NE 37° | 1,539 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Bald | NE 54° | 1,527 m | 5.0 mi |
| Big Laurel | NNE 15° | 1,469 m | 5.3 mi |
| Kitchens Knob | N 11° | 1,462 m | 4.4 mi |
| Chunky Gal Mountain | N 8° | 1,454 m | 5.4 mi |
| Courthouse Bald | N 8° | 1,414 m | 3.4 mi |
| Dicks Knob | ENE 62° | 1,409 m | 4.6 mi |
| Whiteoak Stamp | N 9° | 1,403 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:15 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:48 | 17:27 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 7.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Germany Valley, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358716376
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