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Cold Spring Knob

Cold Spring Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Cold Spring Knob rises to 1,808 m in North Carolina. Richland Balsam stands 1,951 m to the south-southwest, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Boomer Inn Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. Forest Heritage Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31424251, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1808 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.39038, -82.97291

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Boomer Inn Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Little Beartrap Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Berry Branch Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Big Falls of Beechflat Creek: 2.8 mi
  • Lower Middle Prong Falls: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Entrance to Blueridge Parkway at Balsam Gap: 6.7 mi
  • Roy Taylor Forest: 6.7 mi
  • Hazelwood Recreation Park: 6.7 mi
  • Waynesville Recreation Park: 7.6 mi
  • Waynesville Skate Park: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 18
Historic sites: 16
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 7.2 mi
  • Lyn Lowry Cross: 9.2 mi
  • 1983 Plane Crash: 10.3 mi
  • the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 10.5 mi
  • Ghost Town Village: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 14
  • Historical Downtown: 7.0 mi
  • Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 9.2 mi
  • Judaculla Rock: 9.9 mi
  • 1915 Climax Locomotive: 11.6 mi
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 13
Artworks: 10
  • Chief Junaluska: 9.6 mi
  • Chalice: 12.8 mi
  • American Eclipse: 12.9 mi
  • Wi: 13.0 mi
  • Ear: 13.3 mi
Museums: 10
  • Shook Museum: 10.2 mi
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Cradle of Forestry: 11.3 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Fine Art Museum: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Pisgah Picnic: 12.5 mi
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Heintooga Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 6.4 mi
  • Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 6.5 mi
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
Covered bridges: 2
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 12.6 mi
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 20.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cool Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Mouse Creek Spring: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Cold Spring Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Richland BalsamSSW 212°1,951 m1.9 mi
Black Balsam KnobSE 128°1,890 m7.0 mi
Mount HardySSE 157°1,866 m6.5 mi
Reinhart KnobS 185°1,856 m2.8 mi
Tennent MountainESE 122°1,846 m6.9 mi
Sam KnobSE 134°1,844 m6.1 mi
Grassy Cove TopESE 115°1,844 m6.8 mi
Shining RockESE 104°1,829 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1820:1320:51
September equinox07:2118:5719:30
December solstice07:3816:4417:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353844536168717064544438
Precip in4.64.34.44.54.24.24.14.24.33.03.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesville 1 E, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357807041

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