Black Knob
Black Knob rises to 1,291 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the south, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is High Windy, a peak 0.7 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31423899, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1291 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 4.2 mi off the Drovers Road
- 7.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.3 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- High Windy: 0.7 mi
- Jesses High Top: 1.3 mi
- Spring Mountain: 1.5 mi
- High Top: 1.5 mi
- Dyeleaf Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Youth Center Park: 3.9 mi
- Grovemont Park: 4.0 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 4.1 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 4.1 mi
- Town Square: 4.2 mi
- Tom's Falls: 5.6 mi
- Davids Falls: 5.6 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 6.1 mi
- Catawba Falls: 6.3 mi
- Broad River Falls: 6.3 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 5.1 mi
- Potato House: 9.7 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 9.7 mi
- The Den: 9.7 mi
- Tool Shed: 9.7 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 1.9 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Spring Garden: 11.7 mi
- Azalea Garden: 11.7 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 4.0 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 10.3 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 10.3 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 10.3 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 11.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 2.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 8.3 mi
- Statue of Diana: 11.5 mi
- Wake: 11.9 mi
- Deco Gecko: 12.0 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 10.3 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 10.7 mi
- Ironland: 12.0 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 12.4 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 13.0 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.3 mi
- Rocky Knob: 9.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 11.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 9.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 10.5 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 11.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 2.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 10.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 10.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 18.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 19.1 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 15.0 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 18.7 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 16.8 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Black Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | S 171° | 1,341 m | 4.3 mi |
| Jesses High Top | NNW 331° | 1,326 m | 1.3 mi |
| Unnamed Peak | NNE 14° | 1,323 m | 7.1 mi |
| High Windy | NE 34° | 1,321 m | 0.7 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | S 186° | 1,281 m | 7.0 mi |
| Brushy Knob | NNE 15° | 1,274 m | 6.9 mi |
| High Top | NE 36° | 1,263 m | 1.5 mi |
| High Hickory Knob | WNW 290° | 1,231 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swannanoa 2 SSE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1009436 — Black Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357800808
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- Asheville · 12 mi
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