Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 1,640 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the north, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31615364, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1640 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 15.1 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 15.2 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinnacle: 0.7 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 1.3 mi
- Potato Knob: 1.3 mi
- Clingmans Peak: 1.5 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.5 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 4.9 mi
- Welsh Field: 5.1 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Town Square: 7.1 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 7.2 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 2.8 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 3.4 mi
- Setrock Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- Slick Falls: 4.3 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 8.0 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 8.3 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 10.6 mi
- Spring House: 10.6 mi
- Potato House: 10.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 8.9 mi
- Terrace garden: 9.2 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 9.2 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 9.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 8.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 12.8 mi
- Friends: 14.0 mi
- Stream: 14.0 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 14.0 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 7.4 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 8.0 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 9.3 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 10.8 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 16.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 3.6 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 7.3 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 8.0 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 8.1 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 8.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 4.3 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.1 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 16.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 3.3 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 19.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 20.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 21.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 21.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 0.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 1.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 8.9 mi
- Gully Pipe: 22.5 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 22.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 15.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 15.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 24.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 18.1 mi
- Boat beach: 22.4 mi
- Swimming beach: 22.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 3.7 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 7.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | N 10° | 2,038 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Craig | N 11° | 2,023 m | 4.4 mi |
| Balsam Cone | NNE 12° | 2,007 m | 5.3 mi |
| Big Tom | NNE 12° | 2,002 m | 4.6 mi |
| Cattail Peak | N 11° | 1,986 m | 5.8 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | NNW 338° | 1,981 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | NNW 342° | 1,971 m | 1.7 mi |
| Potato Knob | NW 320° | 1,946 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1018920 — Bald Knob, Yancey County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357806361
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