High Knob
High Knob rises to 620 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is McKinney Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31657319, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 620 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 7.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 8.3 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 9.0 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 8 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 9 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 10 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McKinney Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Diana Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Laurel Fork Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Cane Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Deception Falls: 0.4 mi
- Monolith Falls: 0.6 mi
- Cane Creek Falls: 1.0 mi
- Never Ending Falls: 1.2 mi
- Divinity Falls: 1.2 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 3.8 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 4.5 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 6.7 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 8.8 mi
- Champion Park: 9.3 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 12.9 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 14.6 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 14.7 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 16.6 mi
- Oconee Station: 16.7 mi
- El Lieutenant: 12.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Dunns Rock: 14.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 14.3 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 15.1 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 9.8 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 12.4 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 12.6 mi
- World of Energy: 15.1 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 16.7 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 23.1 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 23.1 mi
- All In: 23.3 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 23.3 mi
- Paper Airplane: 23.4 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 12.3 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 14.5 mi
- M1: 16.6 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 18.8 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 20.9 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 17.0 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 18.0 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 19.1 mi
- English Garden: 12.4 mi
- Common Gardening: 14.0 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 24.2 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 24.4 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 4.4 mi
- North Beach: 12.5 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 13.8 mi
- South Beach: 14.1 mi
- East Beach: 23.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 4.7 mi
- Moody Spring: 13.9 mi
- Indian Spring: 18.7 mi
- South: 14.1 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | NE 52° | 1,087 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,063 m | 5.8 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,041 m | 6.7 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | NE 37° | 1,027 m | 6.2 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,011 m | 5.5 mi |
| Rock Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,003 m | 5.1 mi |
| Whiteoak Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,002 m | 7.0 mi |
| Caesars Head | NE 55° | 978 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357095940
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