Carpenter Knob
Carpenter Knob rises to 456 m in North Carolina. Hickory Knob stands 907 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31614665, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 456 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 24.1 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 24.9 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 30.0 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Knob: 0.5 mi
- Buffalo Knob: 1.4 mi
- Queens Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Old Sheep Knob: 3.6 mi
- Brendle Mountain: 4.8 mi
- South Mountains State Park: 4.2 mi
- Belwood Recreation Center Ii: 4.8 mi
- Casar Park: 5.4 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 6.5 mi
- George Hildebeand Community Park: 6.6 mi
- Metcalfe Station-Lawndale Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 13.6 mi
- C Grier Beam Truck Museum: 14.5 mi
- Cherryville Historical Society: 14.5 mi
- Cherryville Railroad Museum: 14.6 mi
- Upper High Shoals Falls: 6.5 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 6.5 mi
- Little River Falls: 6.6 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 7.0 mi
- Beautimos Falls: 8.6 mi
- Lake Hickory Attractions: 15.9 mi
- Shelby Corn Maze: 19.3 mi
- Caboose: 21.2 mi
- Caldwell County Fairgrounds: 22.3 mi
- Something Rotten: 24.7 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 16.1 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 16.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Old Hickory Tavern: 16.8 mi
- Lattimore Caboose: 17.4 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 12.7 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 16.3 mi
- Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve: 17.1 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 24.6 mi
- Fox Den: 15.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 15.7 mi
- Historic Beginnings: 16.8 mi
- Martin Luther: 17.7 mi
- Swimming beach: 23.8 mi
- Boat beach: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Carpenter Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Knob | WNW 293° | 907 m | 12.4 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | WNW 292° | 901 m | 12.7 mi |
| Walker Top | WNW 303° | 886 m | 12.3 mi |
| Benn Knob | W 280° | 882 m | 7.2 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WNW 294° | 874 m | 10.8 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | WNW 292° | 870 m | 10.4 mi |
| Skull Knob | WNW 289° | 869 m | 12.3 mi |
| Krunkleton Knob | WNW 297° | 839 m | 12.2 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 | 07:32 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
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 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vale AG 2 SW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 982670 — Carpenter Knob, Cleveland County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357769880
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 18 mi
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