Kaylor Knob
Kaylor Knob rises to 808 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Top, a peak 0.3 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31425048, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 808 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 13.1 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 21 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 22 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 23 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walker Top: 0.3 mi
- Roper Knob: 0.4 mi
- Burkemont Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Krunkleton Knob: 1.5 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.7 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Clear Creek Access: 2.1 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 5.7 mi
- Shuey Park: 6.0 mi
- Carbon City Park: 6.1 mi
- Drexel Heritage Park: 6.2 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- Sally Queen Falls: 4.9 mi
- Black Mountain Falls: 5.0 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 5.3 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 6.9 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 6.9 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 7.0 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 10.8 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 16.8 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 13.4 mi
- Four Trumpets: 20.6 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 20.7 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 20.9 mi
- Across the Grain: 20.9 mi
- Something Rotten: 12.5 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 12.5 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 12.5 mi
- Wild Percussion: 12.6 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 12.6 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 7.1 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 7.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 16.7 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 19.1 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 17.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 17.1 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 21.7 mi
- Swimming beach: 11.6 mi
- Boat beach: 11.7 mi
- Fox Den: 12.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 12.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 16.5 mi
- Gully Pipe: 16.6 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 20.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 21.6 mi
- Mortimer: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Kaylor Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | SW 223° | 918 m | 3.2 mi |
| Hickory Knob | SSW 212° | 907 m | 2.4 mi |
| Propst Mountain | SW 226° | 905 m | 3.0 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SW 219° | 901 m | 2.6 mi |
| Walker Top | SW 225° | 886 m | 0.3 mi |
| Benn Knob | SSE 151° | 882 m | 6.4 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | S 175° | 874 m | 2.5 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | S 169° | 870 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807877
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 23 mi
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