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Lihue Knob

Lihue Knob, a peak in North Carolina
Lihue Knob, a peak in North CarolinaKim H · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lihue Knob rises to 1,170 m in North Carolina. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the south-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Catface Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. New River Valley Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31630400, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,170 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.46234, -81.67150

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ralph Stout Park: 7.7 mi
  • Paddy Mountain Park: 10.1 mi
  • Bowie Seagrave Memorial Park: 10.7 mi
  • Back Street Park: 10.8 mi
  • Ashe County Park: 11.3 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 28
  • Sharpes Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Bluff Mountain Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 24
Artworks: 18
  • Newman Basket Company: 13.6 mi
  • Doc Watson Statue: 16.8 mi
  • Hellbenders: 16.9 mi
  • Time and Honor: 16.9 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 16.9 mi
Museums: 14
  • Welcome Center and Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 11.5 mi
  • Children's Playhouse: 17.0 mi
  • Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 7.7 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 12.9 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 13.5 mi
  • Old Doe Lookout Tower: 15.9 mi
  • Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 6
Springs: 3
  • Boiling Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Cave Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Brig Spring: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Lihue Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake MountainSSW1,697 m9.3 mi
Rich MountainSSW1,633 m10.7 mi
The PeakSSE1,573 m4.4 mi
Bluff MountainSE1,542 m7.4 mi
Three Top MountainESE1,530 m5.5 mi
Pond MountainN1,511 m7.8 mi
Old Field BaldSSE1,506 m8.0 mi
Bald MountainSE1,502 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1020:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3616:3517:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536168717065554538
Precip in3.73.44.14.35.14.55.04.23.32.82.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021147 — Lihue Knob, Ashe County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357807950

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