Grassy Knob
Grassy Knob rises to 664 m in North Carolina. Wolf Pen Mountain stands 929 m to the west, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America; geonames ID = 4468727.
Wikidata Q31625635, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 664 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 11.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 14.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 15.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 13 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 13 mi
- Opera Box · 13 mi
- Devil's Head · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glenwood Park: 6.3 mi
- Waterfall Park: 6.6 mi
- Creekwise Park: 7.8 mi
- Activity Field: 8.8 mi
- Volleyball: 8.9 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 6.6 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 12.1 mi
- Catawba Falls: 12.1 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 12.2 mi
- Davids Falls: 12.5 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Long Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Rich Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Harris Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Ledbetter Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 9.6 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 10.0 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 10.6 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 11.8 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 17.6 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 9.8 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 10.0 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 10.4 mi
- Historic Carson House: 10.8 mi
- Bechtler House: 12.3 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 9.9 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 10.5 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 13.1 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 15.9 mi
- Caboose: 16.9 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 11.4 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 17.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 19.3 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 22.9 mi
- Worlds Edge: 15.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 15.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 17.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 16.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.3 mi
- Gully Pipe: 22.1 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 22.5 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 16.7 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 16.9 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 21.4 mi
- Terrace garden: 23.1 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 23.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 16.9 mi
- Globe: 17.2 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 24.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 7.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 7.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 7.5 mi
- Boat beach: 17.7 mi
- Swimming beach: 17.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Grassy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Pen Mountain | W 277° | 929 m | 5.7 mi |
| Ditney Knob | W 276° | 898 m | 7.6 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | WNW 300° | 839 m | 4.8 mi |
| Youngs Mountain | WSW 241° | 819 m | 8.1 mi |
| Flint Knob | W 267° | 778 m | 8.4 mi |
| Logan Mountain | W 276° | 776 m | 8.9 mi |
| Fork Knob | W 264° | 767 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | ESE 103° | 762 m | 0.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD FT 4 NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357773915
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 29 mi
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