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Ed Knob

Ed Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Ed Knob rises to 1,141 m in North Carolina. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the north-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Haw Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 2.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31623181, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1141 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.91928, -82.51597

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Upper Laurel Community Center Park: 1.6 mi
  • Mars Hill Recreation Park: 7.3 mi
  • Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 12.1 mi
  • Burnsville Town Square: 12.1 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 55
  • Trillium Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Big Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Lower Higgins Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Birchfield Camp Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Hickey Fork Falls: 12.5 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • Moye Rest: 3.7 mi
  • Otway Burns: 12.1 mi
  • Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
  • Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 12.1 mi
  • Bill of Rights: 12.6 mi
Artworks: 19
  • Friends: 12.1 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 12.1 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 12.1 mi
  • Stream: 12.1 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 12.1 mi
Museums: 17
Cliffs: 17
Gardens: 8
  • Mountain Gardens: 17.6 mi
  • Terrace garden: 17.6 mi
  • Camp Celo Gardens: 19.6 mi
  • Griffing Rose Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Elder & Sage Community Garden: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 6
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 17.6 mi
  • Overlook Access: 19.0 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 19.2 mi
  • Murray Branch Recreation Area: 20.0 mi
  • Love Road Picnic: 20.2 mi
Springs: 4
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Ed Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big BaldNNE 16°1,674 m5.1 mi
Big StampNNE 16°1,639 m5.3 mi
Little BaldNNE 27°1,575 m6.9 mi
Upper Haw KnobNNE 23°1,492 m2.8 mi
Sampson MountainENE 56°1,454 m4.9 mi
Elk Wallow KnobNE 45°1,452 m2.8 mi
Firescald MountainNE 54°1,442 m3.8 mi
Sampson PeakENE 56°1,442 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0819:42
June solstice06:1520:1320:51
September equinox07:1918:5519:29
December solstice07:3716:4117:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845546269737267554538
Precip in3.32.83.83.73.84.24.43.83.42.32.83.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marshall, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020104 — Ed Knob, Madison County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357807274

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