Indian Knob
Indian Knob rises to 1,562 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the west-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31628533, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,562.24 m
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 10.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.9 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 18.6 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 11 mi
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 11 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 11 mi
- Bunches Bald Overlook (MP 459.5) · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fork Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Cooks Knob: 1.2 mi
- Bald Top: 1.7 mi
- Canadian Top: 2.0 mi
- Mount Sterling: 2.3 mi
- Upper Mouse Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 3.5 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 4.1 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 4.3 mi
- Mouse Creek Falls: 4.6 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Dog walking: 9.6 mi
- Maggie Valley Playground: 10.6 mi
- Elevated Creek Park: 10.6 mi
- Lake Junaluska Playground: 13.0 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 7.8 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 12.4 mi
- Historical Downtown: 14.6 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 16.8 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 16.9 mi
- Masonic Monument: 9.5 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 9.9 mi
- Lyn Lowry Cross: 14.2 mi
- 1983 Plane Crash: 14.2 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 7.6 mi
- Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 9.4 mi
- Raven Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Cat Stairs: 13.5 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 11.1 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 14.6 mi
- Shook Museum: 15.1 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 16.5 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 16.6 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 14.7 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 13.0 mi
- Selu Statue: 16.9 mi
- Berm Park: 20.7 mi
- Sylva Mural: 21.0 mi
- Moai Statue: 21.1 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 2.5 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 4.7 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 9.3 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 11.6 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 18.0 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 12.9 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 15.0 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 16.8 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 21.0 mi
- Vista Gardens: 21.3 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 5.4 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 10.6 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 15.3 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 21.3 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 22.0 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 24.2 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 8.6 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 17.0 mi
- Wasp: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Indian Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | WNW 289° | 2,019 m | 7.7 mi |
| Old Black | WNW 294° | 1,939 m | 7.8 mi |
| Luftee Knob | WNW 289° | 1,894 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | WNW 285° | 1,883 m | 7.0 mi |
| Marks Knob | W 277° | 1,878 m | 6.8 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | W 275° | 1,875 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Hardison | WNW 282° | 1,875 m | 6.9 mi |
| Tricorner Knob | WNW 285° | 1,873 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:14 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:44 | 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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 3 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357775614
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