Fern Knob
Fern Knob rises to 1,163 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Jonas Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31623743, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,163.02 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 8.9 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 9.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 10.6 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 9 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 9 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 9 mi
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jonas Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
- Yanu Branch Cascade: 1.0 mi
- Hazel Creek Cascades: 2.3 mi
- Rock Slab Falls: 2.5 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 6.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 9.8 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 12.0 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 12.0 mi
- Otter: 12.1 mi
- Suli Knob: 1.8 mi
- Buckhorn Bald: 2.1 mi
- Jenkins Knob: 2.6 mi
- Silers Bald: 2.8 mi
- Andrews Bald: 3.1 mi
- David Monteith Park: 7.7 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 8.7 mi
- MacNeill Park: 8.8 mi
- Riverfront Park: 8.9 mi
- Bryson City Island Park: 8.9 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 8.8 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 9.0 mi
- Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians: 9.0 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 12.7 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 12.8 mi
- Fort Harry: 8.7 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 9.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 13.3 mi
- Alum Cave: 9.5 mi
- The Jumpoff: 11.5 mi
- The Jump-up: 14.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 16.8 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 7.7 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Bear: 13.3 mi
- Selu Statue: 14.2 mi
- Fish: 18.0 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 20.9 mi
- Moai Statue: 21.2 mi
- Judson: 8.4 mi
- Elkmont: 8.9 mi
- Proctor: 10.8 mi
- Calderwood: 24.8 mi
- Vista Gardens: 12.8 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 13.3 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 20.2 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 20.9 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 7.7 mi
- Greenbrier: 16.1 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 21.2 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 16.9 mi
- Wine Spring: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Fern Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | NE 49° | 2,025 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | NE 44° | 2,004 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Love | NE 49° | 1,956 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Collins | NE 46° | 1,889 m | 5.8 mi |
| Andrews Bald | ENE 75° | 1,801 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Mingus | NE 39° | 1,764 m | 8.0 mi |
| Silers Bald | NNW 339° | 1,706 m | 2.8 mi |
| Jenkins Knob | N 3° | 1,698 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bryson City 4, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 985054 — Fern Knob, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/2454896862
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