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Frozen Knob

Frozen Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Frozen Knob rises to 820 m in North Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the west-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Frozen Creek Shoals, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31424603, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
820 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.10816, -82.87708

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Frozen Creek Shoals: 0.8 mi
  • Upper Maple Spring Branch Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Double Drop Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Maple Spring Branch Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Auger Hole Falls: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Champion Park: 3.9 mi
  • Bootleg Access Area: 8.8 mi
  • Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 10.4 mi
  • Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 10.5 mi
  • Table Rock State Park Historic District: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 20
  • Camp John Rock: 13.1 mi
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 13.5 mi
  • Caesars Head Hotel: 14.3 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 15.1 mi
  • Lake Wattacoo: 16.9 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Museums: 8
  • Transylvania Heritage Museum: 11.8 mi
  • The Real American Tea Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Cradle of Forestry: 17.7 mi
  • Highlands Nature Center: 18.0 mi
  • Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 8
  • M1: 11.8 mi
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 13.2 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 14.1 mi
  • 1915 Climax Locomotive: 17.7 mi
  • The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Brevard Community Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 18.2 mi
  • English Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Common Gardening: 20.3 mi
  • Common Gardening: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
  • South: 20.3 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 22.1 mi
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 9.8 mi
  • North Beach: 18.8 mi
  • South Beach: 20.4 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Ear: 21.9 mi
  • Chalice: 22.0 mi
  • American Eclipse: 22.1 mi
  • Wi: 22.2 mi
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Frozen Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Toxaway MountainWNW 285°1,452 m6.2 mi
Cold MountainWNW 303°1,414 m7.3 mi
Panthertail MountainNW 305°1,365 m6.8 mi
Big Pisgah MountainNW 311°1,342 m6.9 mi
Ravenrock MountainWNW 295°1,317 m6.6 mi
Little Panthertail MountainNW 308°1,160 m5.4 mi
Rainy KnobsW 262°1,157 m7.1 mi
Rocky KnobsWSW 252°1,139 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:43
June solstice06:1820:1220:50
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:3716:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020370 — Frozen Knob, Transylvania County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357807416

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