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Cut Laurel Knob

Cut Laurel Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Cut Laurel Knob rises to 1,270 m in North Carolina. Whitetop Mountain stands 1,684 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Winnie Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31668430, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1270 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.53671, -81.69963

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
Artworks: 17
  • Newman Basket Company: 8.4 mi
  • Heartwood: 20.1 mi
  • Doc Watson Statue: 22.0 mi
  • Hellbenders: 22.0 mi
  • Time and Honor: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Bluff Mountain Falls: 12.7 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 7.2 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 7.6 mi
  • AT2020: 7.6 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 8.3 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 9.1 mi
Attractions: 11
Museums: 10
Gardens: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Picnic sites: 5
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Boiling Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Cave Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Brig Spring: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Cut Laurel Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitetop MountainNE 37°1,684 m8.8 mi
The PeakSSE 161°1,573 m9.7 mi
Buzzard RockNE 34°1,553 m8.2 mi
Three Top MountainSE 140°1,530 m10.1 mi
Beech MountainNNE 31°1,513 m8.0 mi
Pond MountainNE 44°1,511 m3.7 mi
Bluff MountainNE 48°1,480 m9.0 mi
Three Top Mountain Middle PeakSE 131°1,411 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1120:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3616:3517:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536168717065554538
Precip in3.73.44.14.35.14.55.04.23.32.82.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357801414

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