High Knob
High Knob rises to 1,454 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the east-southeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigpen Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1020739).
Wikidata Q31627335, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,454 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.6 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 12.1 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 9.3 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 10.1 mi
- Welsh Field: 10.2 mi
- Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 10.4 mi
- Lincoln Park: 10.6 mi
- Pigpen Knob: 0.6 mi
- Sheepwallow Knob: 1.0 mi
- Big Butt: 1.2 mi
- Little Butt: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Cliff Knob: 1.4 mi
- Walker Falls: 2.0 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 3.7 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 3.8 mi
- Douglas Falls: 4.3 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 4.7 mi
- Tennis Court: 9.3 mi
- Spring House: 9.3 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 9.3 mi
- Tool Shed: 9.3 mi
- Potato House: 9.3 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 9.2 mi
- Terrace garden: 9.2 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 10.4 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 13.5 mi
- Friends: 10.0 mi
- Stream: 10.0 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 10.0 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 10.0 mi
- Rock Bridge: 10.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 5.8 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 10.1 mi
- McElroy House: 10.1 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 10.7 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 11.8 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 3.9 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 4.3 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 12.3 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 14.9 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 16.2 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 4.3 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 7.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 7.5 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 14.8 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 17.0 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 8.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 20.9 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 22.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 24.2 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 24.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 7.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 8.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 21.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 21.9 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 5.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 9.3 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 19.1 mi
- Lost Cove: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | ESE 102° | 2,038 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Craig | E 93° | 2,023 m | 5.9 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | SE 126° | 1,981 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | ESE 123° | 1,971 m | 5.5 mi |
| Potato Knob | SE 131° | 1,946 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hallback | ESE 114° | 1,923 m | 5.6 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | SE 138° | 1,910 m | 4.1 mi |
| Craggy Dome | S 180° | 1,853 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020739 — High Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807661
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- Asheville · 18 mi
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