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Grassy Knob

Grassy Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Grassy Knob rises to 430 m in North Carolina. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,208 m to the west, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Dittmer-Watts Nature Trail Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 1.1 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1020509).

Wikidata Q31625606, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
430 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.40484, -82.18261

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dittmer-Watts Nature Trail Park: 0.7 mi
  • Morse Park: 3.3 mi
  • Chimney Rock Village River Park: 4.0 mi
  • Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 4.3 mi
  • The Gathering Place: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Bottomless Pools: 3.2 mi
  • Pool Creek Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Upper Pool Creek Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Hickory Nut Falls: 4.7 mi
Historic sites: 32
  • Edneyville High School Monument: 8.9 mi
  • Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 10.6 mi
  • Doughboy Statue: 10.6 mi
  • Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 11.3 mi
  • Blockhouse marker: 14.6 mi
Museums: 22
  • House of Flags: 10.6 mi
  • Polk County History Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Bechtler House: 12.9 mi
  • KidSenses Children's INTERACTIVE Museum: 13.0 mi
  • Tryon Historical Museum: 13.9 mi
Gardens: 20
Attractions: 15
  • Canopy Ridge Farm: 1.3 mi
  • Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 3.8 mi
  • McDowell Tourism Authority: 15.4 mi
  • Pacolet River Passenger Car: 15.7 mi
  • Southern X793: 16.5 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Globe: 10.5 mi
  • Orange Bear: 15.5 mi
  • Blue Ridge Assembly: 16.0 mi
  • Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 22.1 mi
  • Statue of Diana: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
Nature reserves: 9
Springs: 5
Rest areas: 5
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Grassy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainW1,208 m4.9 mi
Shumont MountainNW1,156 m5.5 mi
Round MountainNNW1,049 m9.5 mi
Stony MountainW1,039 m5.2 mi
Weed Patch MountainNNW1,039 m6.8 mi
Cedar KnobNW1,021 m5.5 mi
Grant MountainWNW1,003 m9.1 mi
Rich MountainWNW1,001 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:41
June solstice06:1520:1020:48
September equinox07:1718:5419:27
December solstice07:3516:4117:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394249586674777670604942
Precip in5.04.14.84.64.95.35.96.54.94.34.34.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020509 — Grassy Knob, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357807489

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