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High Knob Ridge

High Knob Ridge, seen from above at true elevation

High Knob Ridge rises to 927 m in North Carolina. Big Cataloochee Mountain stands 1,875 m to the west-southwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is North Carolina Welcome Center, a rest area 0.7 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 6.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31627491, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
927 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.71177, -83.04709

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Upper Mouse Creek Falls: 4.7 mi
  • West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Little Fall Branch Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Mouse Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Gunter Fork Cascades: 8.3 mi
Parks: 41
Historic sites: 15
  • Ghost Town Village: 13.2 mi
  • Masonic Monument: 14.0 mi
  • the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 14.5 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 16.1 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Attractions: 11
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 9.3 mi
  • Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 10.2 mi
  • Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 14.6 mi
  • Historical Downtown: 15.6 mi
  • Soco Falls Overlook: 16.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Springs: 7
Museums: 6
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Shook Museum: 14.4 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 17.0 mi
  • Mountain Farm Museum: 20.0 mi
  • Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Covered bridges: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Susanna Wesley Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Rhododenron Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 22.1 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Chief Junaluska: 13.3 mi
  • Berm Park: 18.6 mi
  • Selu Statue: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of High Knob Ridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cataloochee MountainWSW 249°1,875.19 m7.7 mi
Balsam CornerWSW 250°1,841.53 m8.1 mi
Big ButtWSW 248°1,838.05 m7.4 mi
Mount SterlingW 261°1,780.95 m4.3 mi
Cosby KnobW 279°1,585.1 m7.9 mi
Indian KnobWSW 237°1,562.24 m5.5 mi
Sunup KnobWNW 289°1,534.24 m7.3 mi
Mount CammererWNW 299°1,502.05 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:1720:1420:52
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3916:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394350586672767569594942
Precip in4.23.94.74.44.66.46.54.64.02.73.44.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020746 — High Knob Ridge, Haywood County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357807671

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