Chestnut Knob
Chestnut Knob rises to 1,222 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the north-northwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Wallow Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.2 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America; geonames ID = 4460541.
Wikidata Q31620422, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,222 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 13.7 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 16.8 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Setrock Creek Falls: 1.8 mi
- Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
- Licklog Branch Falls: 3.1 mi
- Curtis Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Slick Falls: 3.5 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 5.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Welsh Field: 6.7 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Lindley Park: 8.0 mi
- Bear Wallow Knob: 0.8 mi
- Green Knob: 1.5 mi
- Higgins Bald: 1.6 mi
- Commissary Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.9 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 7.8 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 8.0 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 11.4 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 12.4 mi
- Spring House: 12.4 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 10.3 mi
- Friends: 13.3 mi
- Stream: 13.3 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 13.3 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 13.3 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 5.6 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 7.9 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 10.6 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 11.8 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 14.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 2.8 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 7.8 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 8.0 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 8.8 mi
- Historic Carson House: 11.0 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 7.3 mi
- Terrace garden: 7.8 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 7.8 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 11.0 mi
- Rocky Knob: 3.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 6.2 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 7.7 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 17.8 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 18.6 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 4.9 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 21.0 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 21.1 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 22.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 22.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 2.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 2.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.2 mi
- Gully Pipe: 20.6 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 21.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 2.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 14.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 14.2 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 16.3 mi
- Boat beach: 20.7 mi
- Swimming beach: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chestnut Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | NNW 338° | 2,038 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Craig | NNW 346° | 2,023 m | 3.4 mi |
| Balsam Cone | N 353° | 2,007 m | 4.2 mi |
| Big Tom | NNW 349° | 2,002 m | 3.6 mi |
| Cattail Peak | N 353° | 1,986 m | 4.7 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | W 281° | 1,981 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | WNW 287° | 1,971 m | 2.3 mi |
| Potato Knob | W 271° | 1,946 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1023904 — Chestnut Knob, Yancey County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809897
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