Bear Wallow Knob
Bear Wallow Knob rises to 1,453 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the north, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.6 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31616015, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,453 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 14.4 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 16.4 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Setrock Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
- Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls: 2.2 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 3.2 mi
- Licklog Branch Falls: 3.9 mi
- Curtis Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 6.0 mi
- Welsh Field: 6.8 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Lindley Park: 8.7 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 0.7 mi
- Commissary Hill: 1.3 mi
- Hallback: 1.3 mi
- Cherry Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Higgins Bald: 1.5 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 8.5 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 8.7 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 12.0 mi
- Spring House: 12.0 mi
- Potato House: 12.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 10.4 mi
- Friends: 12.7 mi
- Stream: 12.7 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 12.7 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 12.7 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 6.1 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 8.6 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 9.8 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 11.0 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 15.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 2.2 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 8.5 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 8.7 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 8.9 mi
- Historic Carson House: 11.7 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 7.2 mi
- Terrace garden: 7.5 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 7.5 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 9.9 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 11.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 3.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 5.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 7.1 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 18.0 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 18.1 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 4.9 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 21.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 21.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 22.9 mi
- The Pinnacles: 23.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 2.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 2.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.4 mi
- Gully Pipe: 21.1 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 21.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 2.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 15.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 15.0 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 16.4 mi
- Boat beach: 21.3 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.4 mi
- Lost Cove: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Wallow Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | N 351° | 2,038 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Craig | N 357° | 2,023 m | 2.9 mi |
| Balsam Cone | N 3° | 2,007 m | 3.8 mi |
| Big Tom | N 359° | 2,002 m | 3.1 mi |
| Cattail Peak | N 1° | 1,986 m | 4.3 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | W 270° | 1,981 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | W 279° | 1,971 m | 1.5 mi |
| Potato Knob | WSW 259° | 1,946 m | 1.9 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019007 — Bear Wallow Knob, Yancey County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357806416
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