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Crossing Knob

Crossing Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Crossing Knob rises to 1,015 m in North Carolina. Beech Mountain stands 1,663 m to the south, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Creek Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 5.0 miles off.

About

The story

Crossing Knob is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, west from the community of Sugar Grove. The mountain is within the Pisgah National Forest and its elevation reaches 3,340 feet (1,018 m). The mountain is flanked by the Watauga River on three sides and US 321 along its south.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5188659, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1015 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.26207, -81.86567

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Buckeye Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
  • She Falls Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Crab Orchard Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Dutch Creek Falls: 6.7 mi
Parks
  • Watauga Gorge River Access: 1.0 mi
  • Lower Gorge River Access: 1.2 mi
  • Buckeye Creek Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
  • Watauga River Access: 5.1 mi
  • Wynn Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
Peaks
  • Dyer Knob: 1.1 mi
  • Rocky Knob: 1.8 mi
  • Pine Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Love Knob: 2.1 mi
  • Egg Knob: 2.3 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Mountain Magic Resort: 1.5 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 8.9 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 9.1 mi
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 10.0 mi
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 12.0 mi
Historic sites: 23
Cliffs: 21
Artworks: 16
  • Hellbenders: 10.5 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 10.6 mi
  • Doc Watson Statue: 10.6 mi
  • Time and Honor: 10.6 mi
  • The Rock: 10.6 mi
Museums: 14
Picnic sites: 12
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 8
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 10.6 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Appalachian Roots Garden: 11.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Shanty Springs: 10.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Hampton Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Cave Spring: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Crossing Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beech MountainS 189°1,663 m5.4 mi
Pinnacles of the BeechS 189°1,652 m5.5 mi
Rich MountainENE 67°1,633 m9.0 mi
Sugar MountainS 183°1,585 m9.5 mi
Hanging RockSSE 163°1,582 m7.8 mi
Rocky KnobSSE 165°1,502 m4.3 mi
Peak MountainS 169°1,473 m9.2 mi
Harmon KnobENE 79°1,466 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:39
June solstice06:1120:1120:49
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3616:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333642526067706964544437
Precip in4.43.74.34.64.45.25.24.22.93.13.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flat Springs 1E, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357807128

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