Ivy Knob
Ivy Knob rises to 1,240 m in North Carolina. Blackstock Knob stands 1,910 m to the southeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Tharp Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31628668, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1240 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 4.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 13.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Tharp Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Coxcomb Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.4 mi
- Sheepwallow Knob: 1.5 mi
- Pigpen Knob: 1.5 mi
- Walker Falls: 3.5 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 4.2 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 5.4 mi
- Douglas Falls: 5.6 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 5.8 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 9.2 mi
- Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 9.5 mi
- Lincoln Park: 9.7 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 10.1 mi
- Otway Burns: 9.2 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.2 mi
- Tennis Court: 10.1 mi
- Spring House: 10.1 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 9.5 mi
- Terrace garden: 9.5 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 10.9 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 15.0 mi
- Friends: 9.1 mi
- Stream: 9.1 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 9.1 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 9.1 mi
- Rock Bridge: 9.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 6.9 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 9.2 mi
- McElroy House: 9.2 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 9.6 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 13.0 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 3.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 4.0 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 13.4 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 16.4 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 16.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 22.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 22.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 23.5 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 23.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 5.6 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.6 mi
- Rocky Knob: 9.0 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 15.3 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 16.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 9.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 9.5 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 23.2 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 6.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 9.9 mi
- Lost Cove: 18.6 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Ivy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstock Knob | SE 141° | 1,910 m | 5.6 mi |
| Patton Knob | SE 138° | 1,828 m | 6.4 mi |
| Big Butt | ESE 118° | 1,807 m | 2.2 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,798 m | 6.0 mi |
| Point Misery | SE 133° | 1,736 m | 3.4 mi |
| Flat Spring Knob | ESE 107° | 1,728 m | 2.2 mi |
| Little Butt | SE 131° | 1,708 m | 2.7 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,683 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807794
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- Asheville · 18 mi
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