Dill Knob
Dill Knob rises to 1,155 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the south-southwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31622498, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,155 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 5.2 mi off the Drovers Road
- 9.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.3 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 5 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 6 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 6 mi
- Exclamation Point · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Davids Falls: 3.9 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 4.5 mi
- Catawba Falls: 4.7 mi
- Tom's Falls: 4.8 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 4.8 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 4.2 mi
- Youth Center Park: 4.4 mi
- Town Square: 4.4 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 4.6 mi
- Grovemont Park: 5.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.3 mi
- Lakey Knob: 2.0 mi
- High Top: 2.1 mi
- High Windy: 2.1 mi
- Black Knob: 2.3 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 5.6 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 8.5 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 9.2 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 11.4 mi
- Potato House: 11.5 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 2.9 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Spring Garden: 13.9 mi
- Azalea Garden: 14.0 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 4.3 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 8.5 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 8.5 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 14.1 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 14.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 3.6 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 10.5 mi
- Statue of Diana: 13.8 mi
- Wake: 14.2 mi
- Deco Gecko: 14.4 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 8.5 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 9.3 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 11.9 mi
- Ironland: 14.4 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 14.7 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 9.8 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 11.6 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 12.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 9.7 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 10.9 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 11.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 2.3 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 10.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 10.5 mi
- Lenox Spring: 19.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.9 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 17.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 17.1 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 14.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 18.2 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Dill Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,341 m | 4.2 mi |
| Jesses High Top | WNW 297° | 1,326 m | 3.3 mi |
| High Windy | WNW 296° | 1,321 m | 2.1 mi |
| Black Knob | W 279° | 1,291 m | 2.3 mi |
| Brushy Knob | N 356° | 1,274 m | 7.1 mi |
| High Top | NW 318° | 1,263 m | 2.1 mi |
| High Hickory Knob | WNW 285° | 1,231 m | 5.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | S 189° | 1,225 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swannanoa 2 SSE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1010817 — Dill Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357801474
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 14 mi
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