Hemphill Knob
Hemphill Knob rises to 988 m in North Carolina. Snowball Mountain stands 1,626 m to the east, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Brank Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. French Broad Overview passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31626967, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 988 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 3.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 12.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Brank Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Little Middle Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 0.9 mi
- Brittain Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Wiley Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 2.9 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 2.9 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 3.6 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 3.7 mi
- Lake View Park: 6.0 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 3.7 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
- Douglas Falls: 7.6 mi
- Cascades Falls: 7.7 mi
- Walker Falls: 9.3 mi
- Tennis Court: 4.1 mi
- Swimming Pool: 4.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 4.1 mi
- Spring House: 4.1 mi
- Tool Shed: 4.1 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 6.0 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 9.7 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 11.2 mi
- Italian Garden: 11.9 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 6.5 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 8.3 mi
- Deco Gecko: 8.3 mi
- Passage: 8.4 mi
- Wake: 8.8 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 3.6 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 8.1 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 8.2 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 8.2 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 8.3 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 5.7 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 7.2 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 7.4 mi
- Ironland: 8.3 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 11.4 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 12.1 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 14.8 mi
- Vann Cliff: 21.2 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 21.8 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.7 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 5.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 7.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 9.7 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 10.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 13.3 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 13.7 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.1 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 23.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 14.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 18.4 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.7 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 17.0 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Hemphill Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Mountain | E 95° | 1,626 m | 5.8 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | ESE 111° | 1,583 m | 5.3 mi |
| Rich Knob | ESE 120° | 1,500 m | 4.2 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | E 92° | 1,499 m | 5.4 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | ESE 114° | 1,493 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bull Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,473 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Snowball Mountain | E 80° | 1,440 m | 4.5 mi |
| Rocky Knob | SE 127° | 1,433 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| 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 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807607
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