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Green Knob

Green Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Green Knob rises to 1,196 m in North Carolina. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the west-southwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Raven Rocks, a peak 0.7 miles away. Little Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31625922, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,196 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.14930, -81.71733

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Hebron Colony Falls: 1.1 mi
  • China Creek Falls: 2.2 mi
  • New Year's Creek Cascades: 2.5 mi
  • Glen Burney Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Upper Glen Marie Falls: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Blowing Rock Pool: 2.2 mi
  • Broyhill Park: 2.3 mi
  • Blowing Rock City Park: 2.4 mi
  • High Gravity Adventures: 4.1 mi
  • Sterling Creek Park: 4.2 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 31
  • Jessie: 2.4 mi
  • The Gardener: 2.4 mi
  • The Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 4.9 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 3.1 mi
  • Tweetsie Twister: 4.0 mi
  • F-80 Jet Planes: 4.0 mi
  • Tornado: 4.1 mi
  • Buckaroo Drop: 4.1 mi
Museums: 17
Cliffs: 14
Picnic sites: 11
Historic sites: 11
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 2.4 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 4.9 mi
  • Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • Historic Dam Site: 5.7 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 8
Springs: 4
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 6.2 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 23.9 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Green Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakWSW1,804 m5.8 mi
Hanging RockW1,582 m6.0 mi
Peak MountainW1,473 m6.6 mi
Pilot KnobSW1,466 m5.1 mi
Grassy KnobN1,403 m7.3 mi
Snakeden MountainN1,367 m6.5 mi
Flat Top MountainENE1,362 m2.4 mi
Howard KnobNNE1,343 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1518:5219:25
December solstice07:3516:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340505764686761514234

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357807524

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