Grassy Knob
Grassy Knob rises to 1,220 m in North Carolina. Snowball Mountain stands 1,626 m to the east-southeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Frosty Knob, a peak 0.3 miles away. French Broad Overview passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1020511)
Wikidata Q31625472, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1220 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 4.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 12.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Frosty Knob: 0.3 mi
- Middle Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Raven Knob: 0.7 mi
- North Knob: 1.2 mi
- Bruce Knob: 1.2 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 4.6 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 5.2 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 5.3 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 6.0 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 7.2 mi
- Douglas Falls: 6.0 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 6.1 mi
- Cascades Falls: 6.3 mi
- Walker Falls: 7.2 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Tennis Court: 4.9 mi
- Spring House: 4.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 4.9 mi
- Swimming Pool: 4.9 mi
- Tool Shed: 4.9 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 8.4 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 12.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.2 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 13.0 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 8.1 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 10.7 mi
- Deco Gecko: 10.7 mi
- Passage: 10.8 mi
- Wake: 11.1 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 7.3 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 10.5 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 10.5 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 10.6 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 3.2 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 4.7 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 9.9 mi
- Ironland: 10.7 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 13.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 11.2 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 16.7 mi
- Vann Cliff: 21.9 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 22.4 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 23.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 5.5 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.7 mi
- Rocky Knob: 11.3 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 11.4 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 11.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 12.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.8 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 24.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 12.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 16.2 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 19.5 mi
- Lost Cove: 23.4 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Grassy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,626 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | ESE 118° | 1,603 m | 5.5 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | SE 140° | 1,583 m | 5.1 mi |
| Rich Knob | SSE 154° | 1,500 m | 4.5 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | ESE 121° | 1,499 m | 4.3 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | SE 145° | 1,493 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bull Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,473 m | 4.6 mi |
| Little Snowball Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,440 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020511 — Grassy Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807492
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