Ditney Knob
Ditney Knob rises to 898 m in North Carolina. Blue Rock Knob stands 1,225 m to the west-southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Logan Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31622521, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 898 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 8.7 mi off the Drovers Road
- 11.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.5 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
- Pulpit Rock · 9 mi
- Vista Rock · 9 mi
- Opera Box · 9 mi
- Devil's Head · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Logan Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Flint Knob: 1.4 mi
- Major Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Fork Knob: 1.6 mi
- Wolf Pen Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Waterfall Park: 1.3 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 4.3 mi
- Lindley Park: 5.2 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 8.0 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 1.4 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 5.3 mi
- Catawba Falls: 5.4 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 5.4 mi
- Davids Falls: 5.5 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 5.8 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 6.0 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 10.5 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 13.4 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 13.7 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 9.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 19.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- Terrace garden: 20.4 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 5.7 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 5.7 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 5.8 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 9.2 mi
- Historic Carson House: 12.3 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 5.7 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 8.6 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 8.6 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 14.2 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 20.4 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 9.5 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 17.1 mi
- Globe: 19.1 mi
- Statue of Diana: 20.5 mi
- Wake: 21.1 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 8.9 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 12.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 12.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 16.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 11.0 mi
- Worlds Edge: 11.0 mi
- The Pinnacles: 11.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 7.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 11.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 12.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 23.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 11.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 11.3 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 16.0 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 18.1 mi
- Boat beach: 22.2 mi
- Swimming beach: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Ditney Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Rock Knob | WSW 250° | 1,225 m | 7.9 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,156 m | 6.3 mi |
| Dill Knob | W 276° | 1,155 m | 6.8 mi |
| Lakey Knob | WNW 290° | 1,136 m | 7.7 mi |
| Miller Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,095 m | 7.7 mi |
| Evans Knob | WNW 302° | 1,063 m | 7.1 mi |
| Rocky Knob | W 266° | 1,052 m | 6.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,049 m | 2.3 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 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:41 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807186
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- Asheville · 21 mi
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