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Blackburn Knob

Blackburn Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Blackburn Knob rises to 1,171 m in North Carolina. Rich Mountain stands 1,455 m to the northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ferris Wheel, a attraction 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31617431, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1171 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.17430, -81.63649

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • High Gravity Adventures: 0.8 mi
  • Sterling Creek Park: 0.9 mi
  • Payne Branch Park: 1.2 mi
  • Optimist Club of Boone: 2.1 mi
  • Watauga Recreation Complex: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • New Year's Creek Cascades: 4.3 mi
  • Glen Burney Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Upper Glen Marie Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Lower Glen Marie Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Blue Hole Falls: 4.7 mi
Artworks: 32
Attractions: 26
  • Ferris Wheel: 0.7 mi
  • Planes & Helicopters: 0.7 mi
  • Tilt-a-Whirl: 0.7 mi
  • Carousel: 0.7 mi
  • Turnpike Cruisers: 0.7 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 11
Gardens: 10
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 10
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Blackburn Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich MountainNW 318°1,455 m5.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 332°1,407 m7.5 mi
Grassy KnobNW 318°1,403 m7.5 mi
Snakeden MountainNW 315°1,367 m6.7 mi
Flat Top MountainWSW 251°1,362 m2.4 mi
Howard KnobNNW 331°1,343 m4.5 mi
Nettle KnobNNW 335°1,282 m6.3 mi
Rich MountainW 267°1,281 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1020:48
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441495865686761514135
Precip in4.43.64.85.55.55.65.15.65.74.74.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357806573

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