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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.

About

The story

mountain in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31625922, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1196 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.14930, -81.71733

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
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
Artworks: 32
  • 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: 10
Nature reserves: 9
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
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Green Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakWSW 243°1,804 m5.8 mi
Hanging RockW 273°1,582 m6.0 mi
Rocky KnobWNW 297°1,502 m8.0 mi
Peak MountainW 259°1,473 m6.6 mi
Pilot KnobSW 229°1,466 m5.1 mi
Rich MountainN 6°1,455 m6.0 mi
Grassy KnobN 356°1,403 m7.3 mi
Snakeden MountainN 358°1,367 m6.5 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357807524

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