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Kaylor Knob

Kaylor Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.64624, -81.71510

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Waterfalls: 59
  • 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
Museums: 20
  • 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
Artworks: 19
Historic sites: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • McDowell County Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 17.0 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 17.1 mi
  • Observation Deck: 17.3 mi
  • Brown Mountain View: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Fox Den: 12.6 mi
  • Picnic Peninsula: 12.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 16.5 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 16.6 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Community Gardens: 20.3 mi
  • Beall Street Community Gardens: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Raven Cliff: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Icy KnobSW 223°918 m3.2 mi
Hickory KnobSSW 212°907 m2.4 mi
Propst MountainSW 226°905 m3.0 mi
Buzzard RoostSW 219°901 m2.6 mi
Walker TopSW 225°886 m0.3 mi
Benn KnobSSE 151°882 m6.4 mi
Rainbow MountainS 175°874 m2.5 mi
Hickorynut MountainS 169°870 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1220:0920:47
September equinox07:1618:5219:25
December solstice07:3316:3817:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394249586673777569594841
Precip in4.33.74.44.34.14.84.44.84.63.83.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357807877

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