Licklog Knob
Licklog Knob rises to 963 m in North Carolina. Clingmans Peak stands 1,981 m to the north-northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.3 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31630363, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 963 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.1 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.9 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 13.8 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Andrews Geyser: 1.5 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Welsh Field: 4.1 mi
- Lindley Park: 4.2 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 5.8 mi
- Slick Falls: 2.3 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 2.6 mi
- Hickory Branch Falls: 3.3 mi
- Licklog Branch Falls: 3.5 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 4.5 mi
- Iron Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Lost Cove Knob: 1.5 mi
- Snooks Nose: 2.0 mi
- Glass Rock Knob: 2.2 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 4.4 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 4.8 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 11.0 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 12.1 mi
- Potato House: 12.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 8.0 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 10.8 mi
- Terrace garden: 11.6 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 11.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 7.5 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 13.6 mi
- Friends: 17.3 mi
- Stream: 17.3 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 17.3 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 4.4 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 7.3 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 12.4 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 14.3 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 16.6 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 4.3 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 4.5 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 6.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 6.7 mi
- Historic Carson House: 10.3 mi
- Rocky Knob: 3.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 5.7 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 8.8 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 17.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 3.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 18.5 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 18.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 18.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 2.6 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 3.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 6.8 mi
- Gully Pipe: 21.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 22.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 12.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 12.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 19.4 mi
- Boat beach: 20.9 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 6.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 9.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Licklog Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clingmans Peak | NNW 329° | 1,981 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | NNW 331° | 1,971 m | 5.3 mi |
| Potato Knob | NW 324° | 1,946 m | 5.0 mi |
| Hallback | NNW 339° | 1,923 m | 5.7 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | NW 316° | 1,910 m | 6.4 mi |
| Patton Knob | NW 320° | 1,828 m | 5.6 mi |
| Commissary Hill | N 351° | 1,757 m | 5.8 mi |
| Pinnacle | NW 318° | 1,721 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 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 | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807944
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