Keller Knob
Keller Knob rises to 534 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Cedar Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31425050, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 534 m
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 12.4 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 20 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
- Little Cedar Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Burkemont Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Kaylor Knob: 2.2 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Clear Creek Access: 4.1 mi
- Drexel Heritage Park: 4.6 mi
- Shuey Park: 4.7 mi
- Carbon City Park: 5.3 mi
- Martha's Park: 5.3 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 4.8 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 5.3 mi
- Little River Falls: 5.4 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 5.9 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 13.3 mi
- Four Trumpets: 18.6 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 18.6 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 18.8 mi
- Across the Grain: 18.9 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 5.1 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 5.2 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 5.4 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 8.7 mi
- Hudson Depot Museum: 16.4 mi
- Something Rotten: 13.0 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 13.0 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 13.0 mi
- Wild Percussion: 13.1 mi
- Hide & Seek: 13.1 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 5.4 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 5.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Old Hickory Tavern: 20.0 mi
- Observation Deck: 15.8 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 18.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 18.7 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 20.8 mi
- Fox Den: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 10.7 mi
- Swimming beach: 12.1 mi
- Boat beach: 12.1 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 16.4 mi
- Gully Pipe: 16.5 mi
- Community Gardens: 18.2 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 18.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 20.7 mi
- Mortimer: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Keller Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | SW 224° | 918 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hickory Knob | SW 219° | 907 m | 4.5 mi |
| Propst Mountain | SW 226° | 905 m | 5.2 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SW 222° | 901 m | 4.7 mi |
| Walker Top | SW 226° | 886 m | 2.5 mi |
| Benn Knob | SSE 168° | 882 m | 7.3 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | SSW 198° | 874 m | 4.2 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | SSW 193° | 870 m | 4.5 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 | 07:15 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 987895 — Keller Knob, Burke County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357776239
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 21 mi
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