Grassy Knob
Grassy Knob rises to 759 m in North Carolina. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the north-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is High Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Little Parkway passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1018120).
Wikidata Q31625485, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 759 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Little Parkway
- 7.1 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 7.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.4 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Destiny Falls: 1.4 mi
- Thorps Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Harper Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- Barn Ridge Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
- Phillips Branch Falls: 3.3 mi
- Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
- Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park: 6.5 mi
- Point Park: 9.4 mi
- Blowing Rock City Park: 9.4 mi
- Norris Clifton Park: 9.4 mi
- High Knob: 0.8 mi
- Joe White Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Apple Hole Knob: 1.0 mi
- Staircase Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Jackson Knob: 1.6 mi
- House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 3.3 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 7.7 mi
- Stack Rock: 7.8 mi
- Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 10.9 mi
- Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 10.9 mi
- The Gardener: 9.4 mi
- Jessie: 9.5 mi
- Four Trumpets: 12.2 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 12.3 mi
- Golden Throat: 12.3 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 3.5 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 8.3 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 9.2 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 9.4 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 10.3 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 5.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 6.3 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 6.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 8.3 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 2.0 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 9.1 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 14.8 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 5.2 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 9.3 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 10.4 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 10.6 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Woods Walk: 8.5 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 11.8 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 14.6 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 14.8 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 14.8 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 8.2 mi
- Shanty Springs: 8.8 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 14.8 mi
- Gully Pipe: 15.3 mi
- Swimming beach: 19.3 mi
- Boat beach: 19.3 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 19.8 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 7.5 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Mortimer: 2.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Grassy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calloway Peak | NNW 329° | 1,804 m | 8.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NNW 336° | 1,466 m | 7.3 mi |
| Grandmother Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,408 m | 7.5 mi |
| Beacon Heights | NW 315° | 1,327 m | 7.7 mi |
| Little Bald | WNW 299° | 1,307 m | 7.4 mi |
| Cranberry Knob | W 260° | 1,258 m | 8.7 mi |
| Flat Rock | WNW 294° | 1,248 m | 7.9 mi |
| Big Rough Knob | WNW 297° | 1,233 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 40 | 34 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1018120 — Grassy Knob, Caldwell County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357805501
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- Hickory · 29 mi
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