Crisawn Knob
Crisawn Knob rises to 954 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the west-southwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area, a park 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31621822, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 954 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.3 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 13.7 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 15.2 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
- Toe River Campground: 5.7 mi
- Woods Mountain Equestrian Parking Area: 9.5 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 9.8 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 10.2 mi
- Lower Middle Creek Falls: 1.5 mi
- Squawroot Falls: 1.5 mi
- Middle Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Anaconda Falls: 1.6 mi
- Crevice Falls: 1.7 mi
- Stones Knob: 1.8 mi
- Middle Ridge Bald: 1.9 mi
- Maple Camp Bald: 2.1 mi
- Rich Knob: 2.2 mi
- Potato Hill: 2.6 mi
- Gillespie Gap: 9.9 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.1 mi
- Otway Burns: 10.2 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 10.8 mi
- Friends: 10.1 mi
- Stream: 10.1 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 10.1 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 10.1 mi
- Rock Bridge: 10.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 3.6 mi
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals: 9.9 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 10.2 mi
- McElroy House: 10.3 mi
- NC Mineral and Gem Festival: 10.6 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 4.3 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 10.6 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 11.3 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 12.6 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 13.0 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Terrace garden: 3.4 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 11.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 16.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 20.9 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Coltens Cliff: 22.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 6.8 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 6.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.9 mi
- Gully Pipe: 17.4 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 17.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 7.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 10.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 10.9 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 22.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 22.4 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 1.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 3.5 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 14.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 14.9 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 23.1 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 11.7 mi
- Boat beach: 18.7 mi
- Swimming beach: 18.8 mi
- Lost Cove: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Crisawn Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | WSW 242° | 2,038 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Craig | WSW 254° | 2,023 m | 3.1 mi |
| Balsam Cone | W 270° | 2,007 m | 2.6 mi |
| Big Tom | WSW 257° | 2,002 m | 2.9 mi |
| Cattail Peak | WNW 281° | 1,986 m | 2.7 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | SW 229° | 1,981 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | SW 231° | 1,971 m | 5.6 mi |
| Potato Knob | SW 228° | 1,946 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Celo 2 S, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019861 — Crisawn Knob, Yancey County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807124
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