Butler Knob
Butler Knob rises to 610 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the west, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Simms Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31424063, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 610 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 17.0 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
- 27.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 25 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 28 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 28 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Simms Hill: 1.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Brushy Knob: 2.0 mi
- Swenk Knob: 2.2 mi
- Doublehead Mountain: 2.3 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 2.5 mi
- South Mountains State Park: 3.2 mi
- George Hildebeand Community Park: 5.2 mi
- Methodist Park: 6.1 mi
- Valdese Recreation Center: 7.8 mi
- Little River Falls: 2.0 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 2.8 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 3.2 mi
- Upper High Shoals Falls: 3.2 mi
- Beautimos Falls: 6.4 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 7.9 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 8.7 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 9.0 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 9.1 mi
- Hickory Aviation Museum: 14.2 mi
- Historic Beginnings: 16.2 mi
- Martin Luther: 17.2 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 18.5 mi
- Four Trumpets: 19.5 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 19.5 mi
- Lake Hickory Attractions: 12.9 mi
- Caldwell County Fairgrounds: 17.3 mi
- Something Rotten: 18.3 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 18.3 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 18.4 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 9.0 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 9.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Old Hickory Tavern: 16.3 mi
- Catawba County War Memorial: 21.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 23.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.4 mi
- Fox Den: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 10.2 mi
- Swimming beach: 17.4 mi
- Boat beach: 17.5 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 21.6 mi
- Gully Pipe: 21.7 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 19.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Butler Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | W 261° | 918 m | 8.6 mi |
| Hickory Knob | W 262° | 907 m | 7.6 mi |
| Propst Mountain | W 262° | 905 m | 8.6 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | W 262° | 901 m | 8.0 mi |
| Walker Top | W 276° | 886 m | 6.6 mi |
| Benn Knob | SW 215° | 882 m | 5.7 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WSW 255° | 874 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | WSW 251° | 870 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806856
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 17 mi
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