Blackburn Knob
Blackburn Knob rises to 1,171 m in North Carolina. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,407 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ferris Wheel, a attraction 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31617431, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,171 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 3.1 mi off the Little Parkway
- 3.2 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 8.3 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Raven Rock Overlook · 2 mi
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 2 mi
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 3 mi
- Moses Cone Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Goshen Hill: 1.0 mi
- Yarnall Knob: 1.1 mi
- Bentley Knob: 1.7 mi
- Deck Hill: 2.1 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Founders Bell: 3.4 mi
- Founders Mall: 3.6 mi
- Aspire: 3.6 mi
- Jessie: 3.6 mi
- The Gardener: 3.7 mi
- 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
- Native American Artifacts: 0.9 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 3.0 mi
- Children's Playhouse: 3.5 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 3.6 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 3.7 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 2.5 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 3.6 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 4.0 mi
- Laura Foster Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 12.2 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 12.7 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 13.6 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 3.1 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 3.7 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 3.7 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 3.9 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 4.2 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 19.7 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 9.9 mi
- Shanty Springs: 11.0 mi
- Mortimer: 14.8 mi
- Elk Shoals: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Blackburn Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,407 m | 7.5 mi |
| Snakeden Mountain | NW 315° | 1,367 m | 6.7 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,362 m | 2.4 mi |
| Howard Knob | NNW 331° | 1,343 m | 4.5 mi |
| Nettle Knob | NNW 335° | 1,282 m | 6.3 mi |
| Rich Mountain | W 267° | 1,281 m | 4.1 mi |
| Bentley Knob | SE 127° | 1,256 m | 1.7 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NNE 17° | 1,228 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806573
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