Cedar Knob
Cedar Knob rises to 1,021 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the west-northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Roaringrock Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31620103, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1021 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 2.1 mi off the Drovers Road
- 14.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.3 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pulpit Rock · 2 mi
- Exclamation Point · 2 mi
- Devil's Head · 2 mi
- Opera Box · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roaringrock Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Nanny Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Shumont Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Round Top Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.8 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 1.9 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 2.0 mi
- Broad River Falls: 2.4 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 2.6 mi
- The Gathering Place: 1.4 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 1.7 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 1.9 mi
- Morse Park: 2.2 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 3.0 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 6.2 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 6.8 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 12.3 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 12.7 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 14.4 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 10.0 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 15.7 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 16.7 mi
- Spring Garden: 17.6 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 11.4 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 12.2 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 12.2 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 12.3 mi
- House of Flags: 14.7 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 2.1 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 5.2 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 12.2 mi
- Southern X793: 15.1 mi
- Historical Downtown: 15.4 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 10.8 mi
- Globe: 15.9 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 16.6 mi
- Statue of Diana: 17.6 mi
- Wake: 19.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 3.8 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 4.1 mi
- The Pinnacles: 4.4 mi
- Worlds Edge: 4.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 13.5 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 4.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 14.5 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 16.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 9.4 mi
- Lenox Spring: 16.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 16.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 17.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 18.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 18.1 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 21.2 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 24.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Cedar Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | WNW 301° | 1,341 m | 5.3 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | W 270° | 1,281 m | 5.9 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NW 312° | 1,225 m | 4.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,208 m | 3.9 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | W 273° | 1,208 m | 5.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | NW 308° | 1,160 m | 4.9 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | NE 44° | 1,156 m | 0.7 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | W 280° | 1,152 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019580 — Cedar Knob, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357806941
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- Asheville · 19 mi
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