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Flower Knob

Flower Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Flower Knob rises to 1,795 m in North Carolina. Richland Balsam stands 1,951 m to the west, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Shining Rock, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.9 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31424513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1795 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.35920, -82.86426

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Boulderfield Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Upper Greasy Cove Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Ivestor Ridge Falls: 1.5 mi
  • GPS Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Lower Greasy Cove Falls: 1.8 mi
Parks
  • Cradle of Forestry in America: 4.9 mi
  • Roy Taylor Forest: 9.4 mi
  • Canada Community Park: 11.2 mi
  • City of Brevard Sports Complex: 11.2 mi
  • Canton Memorial Park: 11.5 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 4.5 mi
  • Camp John Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 7.5 mi
  • the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 12.3 mi
  • Ferin Fire Tower: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Brevard Community Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Rhododenron Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Susanna Wesley Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Plants of Promise Garden: 17.2 mi
Attractions: 21
  • 1915 Climax Locomotive: 5.2 mi
  • Historical Downtown: 11.5 mi
  • M1: 11.5 mi
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 13.8 mi
  • Judaculla Rock: 14.4 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Berm Park: 12.5 mi
  • Chief Junaluska: 13.2 mi
  • Chalice: 18.0 mi
  • American Eclipse: 18.1 mi
  • Wi: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 16
  • Cradle of Forestry: 4.9 mi
  • Transylvania Heritage Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Shook Museum: 12.3 mi
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 16.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Pisgah Picnic: 7.3 mi
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Heintooga Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Lenox Spring: 22.5 mi
Covered bridges: 2
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 10.3 mi
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Flower Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Richland BalsamW 275°1,951 m7.1 mi
Black Balsam KnobSSW 195°1,890 m2.2 mi
Mount HardySW 223°1,866 m5.3 mi
Reinhart KnobW 264°1,856 m6.4 mi
Tennent MountainS 190°1,846 m1.6 mi
Grassy Cove TopS 179°1,844 m0.7 mi
Sam KnobSW 220°1,844 m2.7 mi
Shining RockN 10°1,829 m0.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:43
June solstice06:1820:1320:50
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:3716:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353844536168717064544438
Precip in4.64.34.44.54.24.24.14.24.33.03.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesville 1 E, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357807359

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