Bruce Knob
Bruce Knob rises to 1,074 m in North Carolina. Snowball Mountain stands 1,626 m to the southeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. French Broad Overview passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31618163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1074 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 6.2 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 5.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.7 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Farmer Field: 0.8 mi
- Frosty Knob: 1.0 mi
- Ramsey Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Grassy Knob: 1.2 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 4.0 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 5.4 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 5.7 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 6.0 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 6.2 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 6.3 mi
- Douglas Falls: 6.9 mi
- Cascades Falls: 7.3 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Walker Falls: 7.7 mi
- Tennis Court: 6.1 mi
- Swimming Pool: 6.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 6.1 mi
- Spring House: 6.1 mi
- Tool Shed: 6.1 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 9.2 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 12.9 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 14.3 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 9.2 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 11.4 mi
- Deco Gecko: 11.5 mi
- Passage: 11.5 mi
- Wake: 11.9 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 6.1 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 6.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 11.3 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 11.3 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 11.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 3.4 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 4.2 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 10.5 mi
- Ironland: 11.4 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 14.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.4 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 9.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 9.8 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 10.4 mi
- Rocky Knob: 12.2 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 12.2 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 17.8 mi
- Vann Cliff: 20.9 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 21.3 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 12.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 13.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.6 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 23.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 12.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 24.3 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 20.2 mi
- Lost Cove: 22.5 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Bruce Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Mountain | SE 126° | 1,626 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | SE 124° | 1,603 m | 6.6 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | SE 142° | 1,583 m | 6.3 mi |
| Rich Knob | SSE 153° | 1,500 m | 5.7 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | SE 127° | 1,499 m | 5.4 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | SE 146° | 1,493 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bull Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,473 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little Snowball Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,440 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806731
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- Asheville · 12 mi
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