Hayes Knob
Hayes Knob rises to 539 m in North Carolina. Bull Mountain stands 1,160 m to the north-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Butt Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Upper Yadkin Way passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31626714, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 539 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
- 8.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.0 mi off the Little Parkway
- 11.6 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 8 mi
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 9 mi
- Pilot Ridge Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Butt Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Jackson Knob: 2.1 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Sand Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Globe Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Silvervale Falls: 3.5 mi
- Barn Ridge Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Woodruff Branch Falls: 5.6 mi
- Destiny Falls: 6.1 mi
- Lower Thunderhole Falls: 6.4 mi
- Happy Valley Park (North): 5.2 mi
- Happy Valley Optimist Park: 5.4 mi
- Happy Valley Park (South): 5.6 mi
- Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park: 6.9 mi
- Buffalo Cove Community Center: 7.7 mi
- The Gardener: 8.0 mi
- Jessie: 8.1 mi
- Golden Throat: 9.3 mi
- Four Trumpets: 9.3 mi
- While I Close My Eyes: 9.4 mi
- House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 5.6 mi
- Home of General William Lenoir: 8.4 mi
- Mystery House: 9.9 mi
- Mystery Hill: 9.9 mi
- Planes & Helicopters: 10.5 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 7.7 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 7.9 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 8.0 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 9.3 mi
- Caldwell Historical Museum: 9.6 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 6.8 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 7.8 mi
- Laura Foster Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 13.1 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 13.5 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 8.0 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 9.8 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 12.0 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 12.2 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 12.8 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 10.5 mi
- Raven Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 11.2 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 11.5 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 8.9 mi
- Community Gardens: 9.4 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 13.2 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 13.6 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Woods Walk: 11.9 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 10.4 mi
- Shanty Springs: 11.5 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 18.9 mi
- Gully Pipe: 19.4 mi
- Swimming beach: 22.7 mi
- Boat beach: 22.7 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 24.7 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 12.2 mi
- Mortimer: 6.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Hayes Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,160 m | 8.7 mi |
| Thunder Hill | N 2° | 1,158 m | 8.2 mi |
| Fair Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,129 m | 8.5 mi |
| Gay Mountain | NNW 329° | 1,116 m | 7.9 mi |
| Blowing Rock | N 352° | 1,097 m | 6.6 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NNW 348° | 1,000 m | 4.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 339° | 895 m | 7.2 mi |
| Stone Mountain | ENE 60° | 853 m | 5.8 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 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807584
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 26 mi
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