Four Brothers Knobs
Four Brothers Knobs rises to 1,017 m in North Carolina. Craggy Dome stands 1,853 m to the north-northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Watch Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.6 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31624450, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,017 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 4.7 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 6.8 mi off the Drovers Road
- 11.2 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Cascades Falls: 6.7 mi
- Douglas Falls: 7.2 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 7.6 mi
- Davids Falls: 8.4 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 8.8 mi
- Grovemont Park: 1.3 mi
- Charles D. Owen District Park: 1.6 mi
- Christmas Tree Stand: 1.9 mi
- Formal Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Entry-Way Garden: 2.3 mi
- Watch Knob: 0.9 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 1.4 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Rock Knob: 2.6 mi
- Bartlett Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Potato House: 4.4 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 4.4 mi
- The Den: 4.5 mi
- Tool Shed: 4.5 mi
- Spring House: 4.5 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 4.3 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 8.0 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 3.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 3.9 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 8.7 mi
- Deco Gecko: 8.7 mi
- Wake: 8.8 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 4.6 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 8.4 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 8.5 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 8.5 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 8.6 mi
- Ironland: 8.7 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 9.2 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 9.9 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 10.4 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 11.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 5.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 7.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 8.5 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 8.7 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 9.8 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 16.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 16.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 5.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 9.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 9.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.9 mi
- Lenox Spring: 21.9 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 21.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 21.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 12.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 17.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.3 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.8 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Four Brothers Knobs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craggy Dome | NNE 19° | 1,853 m | 6.3 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | NNE 14° | 1,780 m | 5.9 mi |
| Craggy Knob | NNE 12° | 1,699 m | 4.9 mi |
| Snowball Mountain | N 358° | 1,626 m | 5.7 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | N 5° | 1,603 m | 5.5 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | NNW 346° | 1,583 m | 4.3 mi |
| Rich Knob | NNW 330° | 1,500 m | 4.7 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | N 354° | 1,499 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| 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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Black MTN 2 W, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357773065
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- Asheville · 9 mi
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