Kits Knob
Kits Knob rises to 949 m in North Carolina. Snowball Mountain stands 1,626 m to the east-northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Jones Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31629826, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 949 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 4.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 10.9 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 11.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Jones Knob: 0.4 mi
- Vance Knob: 1.1 mi
- Lydie Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Elk Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Ray Knob: 1.6 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 4.3 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Cascades Falls: 7.1 mi
- Douglas Falls: 7.2 mi
- Walker Falls: 9.3 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 3.3 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 3.8 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 4.3 mi
- Masters Park: 5.0 mi
- Lake View Park: 5.3 mi
- Swimming Pool: 2.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 2.3 mi
- Tennis Court: 2.3 mi
- The Den: 2.3 mi
- Spring House: 2.4 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 4.8 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 8.6 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 4.5 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 7.0 mi
- Deco Gecko: 7.0 mi
- Passage: 7.1 mi
- Wake: 7.4 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 6.8 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 6.8 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 6.9 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 7.0 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 6.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 6.4 mi
- Ironland: 7.0 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 8.4 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 10.2 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 11.0 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 13.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 21.7 mi
- Vann Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 23.0 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.6 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 11.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 14.1 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 18.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 23.7 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 12.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 12.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 12.9 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.8 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Kits Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,626 m | 5.0 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | E 92° | 1,583 m | 4.0 mi |
| Rich Knob | E 96° | 1,500 m | 2.8 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | ENE 71° | 1,499 m | 4.7 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | E 92° | 1,493 m | 3.4 mi |
| Bull Mountain | E 95° | 1,473 m | 3.1 mi |
| Little Snowball Mountain | NE 54° | 1,440 m | 4.4 mi |
| Rocky Knob | ESE 107° | 1,433 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807908
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- Asheville · 8 mi
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