Grassy Knob
Grassy Knob rises to 502 m in North Carolina. Stone Mountain stands 853 m to the north-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Peaked Top, a peak 0.7 miles away. Upper Yadkin Way passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1020516).
Wikidata Q31625499, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 502 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
- 10.9 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.3 mi off the Little Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 14 mi
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 14 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 15 mi
- Pilot Ridge Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Adako Falls: 4.6 mi
- Triple Drop: 7.0 mi
- Razorback: 7.1 mi
- Thunder Hole: 7.1 mi
- Boat Buster: 7.2 mi
- Gamewell Optimist Park: 3.5 mi
- Caldwell County Open Space: 3.6 mi
- Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park: 3.7 mi
- Gamewell Park: 3.8 mi
- Unity Park: 3.8 mi
- Peaked Top: 0.7 mi
- Flat Top: 1.1 mi
- Bee Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Holloway Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Nayor Knob: 2.7 mi
- Four Trumpets: 3.8 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 4.0 mi
- Golden Throat: 4.0 mi
- While I Close My Eyes: 4.1 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 4.1 mi
- House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 6.0 mi
- Caldwell County Fairgrounds: 7.5 mi
- Home of General William Lenoir: 8.6 mi
- Lake Hickory Attractions: 15.1 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 15.9 mi
- Caldwell Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Hudson Depot Museum: 8.7 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 8.7 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 13.4 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 13.7 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 9.0 mi
- Laura Foster Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 13.5 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 13.7 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 13.3 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 13.5 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 14.3 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 17.4 mi
- Raven Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 13.7 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 14.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 15.2 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 16.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 11.6 mi
- Fox Den: 11.6 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Woods Walk: 16.8 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 19.4 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 19.8 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 19.9 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 16.0 mi
- Shanty Springs: 16.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 17.4 mi
- Gully Pipe: 17.9 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 13.1 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Swimming beach: 19.7 mi
- Boat beach: 19.7 mi
- Mortimer: 9.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Grassy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Mountain | NNE 19° | 853 m | 9.3 mi |
| Joe White Mountain | WNW 300° | 849 m | 7.9 mi |
| High Eagle | NNE 16° | 842 m | 7.9 mi |
| Fork Mountain | NNE 16° | 842 m | 7.9 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 317° | 819 m | 11.3 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | NNE 21° | 806 m | 9.0 mi |
| Spring Mountain | NNE 22° | 799 m | 9.7 mi |
| Licklog Mountain | NNE 33° | 795 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807499
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 21 mi
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