Cosby Knob
Cosby Knob rises to 1,585 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the west-southwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Ross Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31667961, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,585.1 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 13.6 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 15.5 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 14.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Witch Overlook (MP 461.9) · 14 mi
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 15 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 15 mi
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 2.3 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 2.4 mi
- Mouse Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- Upper Mouse Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
- Ross Knob: 0.7 mi
- Rocky Face Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Camel Hump Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Sunup Knob: 1.4 mi
- Camel Hump Knob: 1.7 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 13.1 mi
- Forbidden Caverns: 15.0 mi
- Arch Rock: 15.4 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 16.4 mi
- Hellbender: 17.8 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 11.4 mi
- Mills Park: 14.7 mi
- Dog walking: 15.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Branch Recreation Area: 15.1 mi
- Bryant Town Park: 15.5 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 12.3 mi
- Masonic Monument: 13.5 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 14.8 mi
- Fort Harry: 17.3 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 18.6 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 16.1 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 16.4 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 17.7 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 18.4 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 18.4 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 2.4 mi
- Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 7.8 mi
- Cat Stairs: 9.6 mi
- Stanley Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 11.4 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Bear: 17.8 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 18.4 mi
- Selu Statue: 19.2 mi
- Fish: 21.1 mi
- Veterans Statue: 23.3 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 2.3 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 4.0 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 8.9 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 13.2 mi
- Burnett Spring: 14.4 mi
- Vista Gardens: 17.8 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 18.3 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 18.8 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 20.3 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 24.6 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 6.4 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 11.6 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 19.1 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 12.9 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Cosby Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | WSW 247° | 2,019 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Chapman | WSW 238° | 1,960 m | 5.6 mi |
| Old Black | WSW 255° | 1,939 m | 4.0 mi |
| Luftee Knob | SSW 212° | 1,894 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | SW 235° | 1,883 m | 4.2 mi |
| Marks Knob | SW 225° | 1,878 m | 4.9 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | S 171° | 1,875 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Hardison | SW 231° | 1,875 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:44 | 17:24 |
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 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807077
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