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Bennett Knob

Bennett Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bennett Knob rises to 1,105 m in North Carolina. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the west-northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Logging Road Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31616492, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1105 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.31316, -82.81430

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Logging Road Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Upper Logging Road Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Upper Log Hollow Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Log Hollow Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Big Bearpen Falls: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Cradle of Forestry in America: 3.3 mi
  • City of Brevard Sports Complex: 7.1 mi
  • Franklin Park: 7.5 mi
  • Silvermont Mansion Park: 7.5 mi
  • Roy Taylor Forest: 11.3 mi
Historic sites: 32
  • Camp John Rock: 2.3 mi
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 5.2 mi
  • Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 7.9 mi
  • Ferin Fire Tower: 12.9 mi
  • the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 16.2 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Brevard Community Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Rhododenron Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Plants of Promise Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Bonsai Garden: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Berm Park: 15.2 mi
  • Chief Junaluska: 17.4 mi
  • Chalice: 20.5 mi
  • American Eclipse: 20.6 mi
  • Wi: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 20
  • 1915 Climax Locomotive: 3.4 mi
  • M1: 7.3 mi
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 14.6 mi
  • Historical Downtown: 15.7 mi
  • Judaculla Rock: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 15
  • Cradle of Forestry: 3.3 mi
  • Transylvania Heritage Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 15.2 mi
  • Shook Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Historic Johnson Farm: 17.5 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Lenox Spring: 19.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 11.4 mi
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Bennett Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Balsam KnobWNW 287°1,890 m3.5 mi
Mount HardyW 264°1,866 m6.4 mi
Tennent MountainWNW 298°1,846 m3.5 mi
Grassy Cove TopNW 311°1,844 m3.7 mi
Sam KnobWNW 284°1,844 m4.7 mi
Shining RockNW 325°1,829 m4.7 mi
Silvermine BaldW 266°1,822 m3.9 mi
Chestnut BaldW 264°1,821 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:43
June solstice06:1820:1220:50
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:3716:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370737266564639
Precip in7.05.45.95.85.66.86.37.66.16.15.97.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brevard, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019091 — Bennett Knob, Transylvania County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357806482

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