Cedar Cliff Knob
Cedar Cliff Knob rises to 1,271 m in North Carolina. Blackstock Knob stands 1,910 m to the east-southeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheepwallow Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31620014, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1271 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.5 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 11.4 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 12.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Sheepwallow Knob: 0.4 mi
- Pigpen Knob: 0.8 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Ingraham Mountain: 1.3 mi
- High Knob: 1.4 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 9.8 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 9.8 mi
- Welsh Field: 10.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 10.9 mi
- Walker Falls: 2.6 mi
- Douglas Falls: 4.0 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 4.5 mi
- Cascades Falls: 4.6 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 5.1 mi
- Tennis Court: 8.3 mi
- Spring House: 8.3 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 8.4 mi
- Tool Shed: 8.4 mi
- Potato House: 8.4 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 10.6 mi
- Terrace garden: 10.6 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 11.9 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 13.5 mi
- Friends: 10.9 mi
- Stream: 10.9 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 10.9 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 10.9 mi
- Rock Bridge: 10.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 7.1 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 9.5 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 10.9 mi
- McElroy House: 10.9 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 11.6 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 2.5 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 3.1 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 13.7 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 15.0 mi
- Ironland: 15.6 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 3.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 7.3 mi
- Rocky Knob: 8.2 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 13.6 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 15.6 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 9.0 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 20.2 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.8 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 24.2 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 24.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 8.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 8.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 23.0 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 7.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 10.7 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 20.5 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 24.3 mi
- Lost Cove: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Cedar Cliff Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstock Knob | ESE 123° | 1,910 m | 4.9 mi |
| Craggy Dome | SSE 164° | 1,853 m | 5.1 mi |
| Patton Knob | ESE 122° | 1,828 m | 5.8 mi |
| Big Butt | ENE 76° | 1,807 m | 2.6 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,798 m | 4.6 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | S 171° | 1,780 m | 5.2 mi |
| Point Misery | ESE 102° | 1,736 m | 3.1 mi |
| Flat Spring Knob | ENE 70° | 1,728 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806934
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- Asheville · 16 mi
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