Lakey Knob
Lakey Knob rises to 1,136 m in North Carolina. Graybeard Mountain stands 1,635 m to the north, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap, a spring 0.4 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 0.4 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31425068, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,136 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 6.5 mi off the Drovers Road
- 8.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.0 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverwalk Park: 2.3 mi
- Town Square: 2.5 mi
- Youth Center Park: 2.5 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 2.7 mi
- Welsh Field: 4.2 mi
- Davids Falls: 3.2 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 3.8 mi
- Catawba Falls: 3.9 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 4.1 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 6.5 mi
- High Top: 1.1 mi
- Evans Knob: 1.6 mi
- High Windy: 1.8 mi
- Miami Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Dill Knob: 2.0 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 7.1 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 7.9 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 8.6 mi
- Potato House: 10.0 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 10.0 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 1.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 13.5 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 2.3 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 7.9 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 7.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 12.9 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 13.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 1.9 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 9.4 mi
- Wake: 13.7 mi
- Statue of Diana: 13.7 mi
- Deco Gecko: 13.7 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 7.9 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 11.3 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 13.7 mi
- Ironland: 13.7 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 14.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 6.9 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 7.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 10.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 6.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 11.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 11.7 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 12.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 12.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 0.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 8.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 8.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 21.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.9 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 13.0 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lakey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graybeard Mountain | N 7° | 1,635 m | 7.0 mi |
| Big Slaty | N 7° | 1,597 m | 6.8 mi |
| Little Slaty | N 5° | 1,524 m | 6.5 mi |
| Walker's Knob | N 10° | 1,455 m | 6.4 mi |
| Forked Ridge Knob | N 2° | 1,375 m | 5.7 mi |
| Little Pisgah Mountain | SSW 192° | 1,341 m | 5.9 mi |
| Middle Mountain | N 3° | 1,328 m | 6.4 mi |
| Jesses High Top | W 261° | 1,326 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Black MTN 2 W, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021089 — Lakey Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807915
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