Brooks Knob
Brooks Knob rises to 997 m in North Carolina. Catherine Knob stands 1,223 m to the north-northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Alligator Back, a cliff 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31618046, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 997 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.0 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 22.0 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Alligator Back Overlook · 1 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Basin Cove Overlook · 2 mi
- Air Bellows Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bluff Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Fodder Stack: 1.2 mi
- Flat Rock Knob: 2.0 mi
- Bell Knob: 2.0 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
- Crouse Park: 7.2 mi
- Sam Brown Park: 7.8 mi
- Traphill Historic District: 9.6 mi
- Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest: 14.5 mi
- Incredible Falls: 5.0 mi
- Upper Widows Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Bullhead Creek Cascades: 5.3 mi
- Widows Falls: 6.0 mi
- Bullhead Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
- Caudill Cabin: 1.0 mi
- Brinegar Cabin: 1.7 mi
- US 21 overlook: 11.2 mi
- Raven Knob Boy Scout Museum: 18.7 mi
- Jesse Brown Cabin: 19.9 mi
- Alleghany Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
- Forestry Center: 14.8 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 16.5 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 16.7 mi
- Wilkes Heritage Museum: 18.3 mi
- Stone Mountain Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Cumberland Knob Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Winston-Salem Foundation Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Alligator Back: 0.7 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 1.1 mi
- Devils Garden: 4.0 mi
- Zeke's Peak: 17.5 mi
- Crouse's Chimney: 17.9 mi
- Vaughn-Woltz Order of the Arrow Campfire Arena Time Capsule: 18.7 mi
- 100 Strong: 20.6 mi
- Gold Star Families Memorial Monument: 20.8 mi
- John Harmon Gallery: 9.8 mi
- Transitional Peace: 20.4 mi
- Elk Shoals: 14.8 mi
- Barefoot Beach: 22.0 mi
- Rebecca Maynard Labyrinth: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Brooks Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Knob | NNW 329° | 1,223 m | 4.3 mi |
| Fender Mountain | N 359° | 1,212 m | 5.3 mi |
| Cheek Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,196 m | 4.4 mi |
| Betsy Peak | NW 309° | 1,186 m | 4.5 mi |
| Green Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,185 m | 3.5 mi |
| The Peak | W 269° | 1,176 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,171 m | 6.4 mi |
| Peach Bottom Mountain | NW 325° | 1,157 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:34 | 17:14 |
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 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta 3.5 SSW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357769261
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